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UBftARY 
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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 

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Part  I.    General  Information 

I.    Introduction 3 

II.    Organization  of  the  Libraries 3 

III.  Officers  of  the  Libraries 4 

IV.  Historical  Statement 4 

Part  II.    The  Harper  Memorial  Library 

I.     Main  Features 7 

II.    Architecture .  8 

III.  Inscriptions  and  Symbohc  Designs 8 

IV.  Floor  Plans  and  Lists  of  Rooms 12 

V.     Capacity 15 

Part  III.    Information  for  Readers  Concerning  the  Use  of  Books, 

Classification  Systems,  and  Catalogues 

I.     Directory  of  Libraries  and  Library  Hours 16 

II.     Instructions  to  Readers:  How  to  Get  Books    .       .       .       .       .17 

III.  Systems  of  Classification  and  Location  of  Classes  ....  21 

IV.  Unclassified  Collections 30 

V.     Catalogues 31 

VI.     Indexes 35 

VII.     Reference  Books 35 

VIII.     Rare  Book  Room 37 

IX.     Periodicals 37 

X.     Atlases  and  Maps 37 

XI.    Theses 38 

XII.     Special  Collections 38 

XIII.    Number  of  Books  in  the  Libraries  and  Space  for  Readers      .       .  39 

Part  IV.    Rules  and  Regulations 

I.    Organization  and  Ofiicers 41 

II.     Acquisition  of  Books 42 

III.  Binding  of  Books 43 

IV.  Use  of  the  Libraries  by  Readers  .       .        .'      :        .       .       .       .44 

V.  Library  Hours  and  Periods  of  Service 49 

VI.    Fines  and  Penalties 50 

VII.     PubUcation  and  Amendment  of  Rules 50 

Part  V.    Alphabetical  List  of  the  Staff 51 

Index 53 


PART  I 
GENERAL  INFORMATION 


I.     INTRODUCTION 

The  aim  of  this  Handbook  is  to  give  to  the  Faculty,  students,  and  other  users 
of  the  Libraries  of  the  University  of  Chicago  a  general  description  of  the  Harper 
Memorial  Library,  an  outUne  of  the  resources,  catalogues,  and  systems  of  classi- 
fication of  the  Libraries,  a  guide  to  the  location  of  classes  of  books  and  special 
collections,  and  information  in  regard  to  the  rules  and  regulations  which  govern 
the  administration  of  the  Libraries  and  the  use  and  circulation  of  books.  While 
it  is  hoped  that  it  will  prove  helpful  to  the  users  of  the  Libraries,  the  fact  needs  to 
be  emphasized  that  no  catalogues  or  reference  books  can  take  the  place  of  the 
assistance  which  officials  thoroughly  familiar  with  the  Libraries  and  their  collec- 
tions can  occasionally  render.  AU  persons  who  have  occasion  to  consult  the 
Libraries  are  therefore  cordially  invited  to  call  on  the  Library  officials  for 
assistance. 

The  following  especially  should  be  called  upon  in  this  connection: 

1)  The  Associate  Director,  room  M.25. 

2)  The  Head  of  the  Readers'  Department  and  his  assistants  in  the  General 

Reading-Room  and  at  the  dehvery  desk  in  room  W.31. 

3)  The  Head  Cataloguer  and  her  assistants  in  room  M.21,  especially  for 

reference  books  in  the  Cataloguing  Department,  for  information  in 
regard  to  catalogues,  both  printed  and  on  cards. 

4)  The  Head  of  the  Acquisition  Department,  room  W  .21,  and  her  assistants, 

for  questions  in  regard  to  order  catalogues,  trade  bibliographies,  sale 
and  auction  catalogues. 

5)  The  classifiers  in  room  M.22  and  M.25,  for  explanation  of  the  classi- 

fication and  shelf -Ust  (the  classed  catalogue),  also  for  the  location  of 
certain  books  and  pamphlets  not  recorded  in  the  catalogues  in  W.31. 

6)  The  Head  of  the  Department  of  Binding.  Exchanges,  and  Gifts  in  room 

M.24. 

7)  The  various  librarians  and  assistants  in  charge  of  the  Departmental 

libraries. 

II.     ORGANIZATION  OF  THE  LIBRARIES 

The  Libraries  of  the  University  of  Chicago  include  the  General  Library,  the 
Departmental  libraries,  and  the  House  libraries. 

The  General  Library  is  a  reference  and  circulating  library  for  all  members 
of  the  University.  Its  reading-room  is  open  also  to  members  of  other  educational 
institutions  and  to  residents  of  Chicago  engaged  in  serious  study. 

The  Departmental  Ubraries  are  reference  and  research  libraries  designed 
especially  for  the  use  of  the  members  of  the  Faculties  and  students  doing  advanced 
work. 

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A  House  library  is  intended  for  the  use  of  the  residents  of  a  particular 
residence  hall  of  the  University. 

The  administrative  work  of  the  Libraries  is  organized  in  three  departments. 

The  Acquisition  Department  has  charge  of  the  acquisition  of  books  and 
other  publications  for  all  the  libraries  of  the  University,  whether  by  purchase, 
exchange,  or  gift,  and  of  the  binding  and  rebinding  of  books. 

The  Cataloguing  Department  catalogues  and  classifies  the  books  and  other 
publications  possessed  by  the  Libraries. 

The  Readers'  Department  has  the  oversight  of  all  the  reading-rooms  and  of 
the  circulation  of  books. 

III.     OFFICERS  OF  THE  LIBRARIES^ 

Harry  Pratt  Judson,  President  of  the  University. 

Ernest  DeWitt  Burton,  Director  of  the  University  Libraries. 

James   Christian   Meinich   Hanson,    Associate   Director  of   the   University 
Libraries. 

Clarence  Almon  Torrey,  Ph.B.,  Head  of  the  Gift,  Exchange,  and  Binding 
Division,  Acquisition  Department. 

Josephine  Chester  Robertson,  A.B.,  Head  Cataloguer. 

Cora  Belle  Perrine,  A.B.,  Head  of  the  Purchase  Division,  Acquisition  Depart- 
ment. 

Earl  Northup  Manchester,  A.B.,  Head  of  the  Readers'  Department. 

Storrs  Barrows  Barrett,  A.B.,  Librarian  of  the  Yerkes  Observatory  Library. 

Irene  Warren,  Ph.B.,  Librarian  of  the  School  of  Education  Library. 

Frederick  William  Schenk,  Librarian  of  the  Law  School  Library. 

Emma  Louise  Dickinson,  Assistant  Librarian  in  the  Biological  Group  Library. 

Cora  Margaret  Gettys,  A.B.,  Assistant  Librarian  in  the  General  Library. 

Walter  Leroy  Runyan,  A.M.,  D.B.,  Assistant  Librarian  in  the  Divinity  School 
Library. 

Clara  Louise  Little,  Assistant  Librarian  in  the  Classical  Library. 

Winifred  Kimball  Winne,  Ph.B.,  Assistant  Librarian  in   the  Geology  and 
Geography  Library. 

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IV.     HISTORICAL  STATEMENT 

In  accordance  with  a  plan  outlined  by  President  William  R.  Harper  in  a 
Bulletin  issued  before  the  University  opened  its  doors  in  1892,  in  addition  to 
the  General  Library  a  Departmental  library  was  created  for  each  department  of 
instruction  and  located  in  close  juxtaposition  with  the  classrooms  of  the  depart- 
ment. Experience  having  demonstrated  the  advantage  of  grouping  closely 
related  libraries,  steps  were  taken  in  1898  with  a  view  to  further  grouping,  and 
in  the  following  year  several  new  groups  were  formed. 

At  present  there  exist  Departmental  libraries  for  the  following  schools, 
groups,  and  departments:  The  Divinity  School,  the  School  of  Education,  the 
Law  School,  the  Historical  Group,  the  Classical  Group,  the  Modern  Language 
Group,  the  Biological  Group,  the  Geological  and  Geographical  Group,  and  the 


>  For  full  list  of  the  Staff  see  p.  51. 


THE    LIBRARIES 


departments  of  Philosophy,  Psychology,  Mathematics,  Astronomy,  Physics, 
Chemistry,  Public  Speaking. 

There  is  but  one  fully  organized  House  Library,  that  belonging  to  Charles 
Hitchcock  Hall.  Maintained  until  1910  under  the  house  administration,  the 
library  was  in  that  year,  at  the  request  of  Mrs.  Hitchcock,  the  donor  of  the 
building  and  the  library,  put  in  charge  of  the  general  administration  of  the 
Libraries. 

From  1892  to  1902  the  General  Library  of  the  University  was  housed  in  a 
temporary  one-story  building,  which  also  gave  accommodation  to  the  University 
Press  and  the  Gymnasium.  This  building  stood  where  Hutchinson  Court  is  now 
located.  In  1902,  on  the  completion  of  the  University  Press  Building  on  the 
corner  of  58th  Street  and  Ellis  Avenue,  the  Library  accompanied  the  Press  to  the 
new  location.    Here  also  it  remained  ten  years. 

The  first  active  steps  toward  the  erection  of  a  permanent  central  library 
building  for  the  University  were  taken  in  the  same  year  in  which  the  Library 
was  located  in  the  Press  Building.  On  June  24,  1902,  on  recommendation  of 
President  Harper,  the  Board  of  Trustees  appointed  a  Library  Commission  which 
included,  besides  the  President  himself,  three  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
and  six  members  of  the  Faculties.  The  report  of  this  Commission,  presented  and 
adopted  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  in  August  of  the  same  year,  recommended  that 
the  main  library  building  be  made  the  central  member  of  a  group  of  nine  build- 
ings which  should  include  buildings  for  the  Divinity  School,  the  Law  School,  the 
Historical  and  Social  Science  Group,  the  Philosophy  Group,  the  Classical  Group, 
the  Modern  Language  Group,  and  the  Oriental  Group;  that  each  of  these  buildings 
contain  a  Departmental  library  for  the  departments  housed  in  it ;  and  that  the 
buildings  be  so  constructed  that  the  reading-room  of  each  Departmental  library 
should  be  on  approximately  the  same  level  with  that  of  the  central  building  and 
in  easy  communication  with  it  by  bridge  or  otherwise.  The  Commission  also 
recommended  that  the  central  library  building  be  erected  in  the  center  of  the 
Midway  frontage  of  the  main  quadrangle,  flanked  on  the  west  by  the  buildings 
for  Modem  Languages  and  Classics,  and  on  the  east  by  those  of  the  Historical 
and  Social  Science  Group.  The  Haskell  Oriental  Museum  had  already  been 
built.  The  Law  Building  was  begun  the  following  spring.  The  Divinity  School 
was  assigned  space  north  of  Haskell,  and  Philosophy  and  Psychology,  north  of 
the  Law  School. 

Tentative  plans  for  all  the  buildings  of  the  Library  Group  as  thus  planned 
were  drawn  in  connection  with  the  preparation  of  the  report  of  the  Commission. 
Those  of  the  Library  itself  were  repeatedly  restudied  by  the  architects,  Shepley, 
Rutan  &  Coolidge,  in  the  next  six  years,  and  submitted  for  criticism  not  only  to 
the  Board  of  Trustees,  but  to  many  of  the  librarians  of  the  country. 

On  the  death  of  President  Harper  in  January,  1906,  there  was  a  widespread 
feeling  that  there  should  be  erected  on  the  University  Quadrangles  some  perma- 
nent and  worthy  memorial  of  the  first  President  of  the  University,  and  it  was 
Boon  decided  that  that  memorial  should  take  the  form  of  a  central  library  building 
erected  in  accordance  with  the  plan  which  President  Harper  himself  had  taken 
part  in  shaping. 

Mr.  John  D.  Rockefeller  promised  to  give  three-fourths  of  whatever  amount 
should  be  given  for  this  purpose  up  to  $800,000.     To  meet  this  offer  over 


THE    UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO 


$200,000  was  subscribed  and  duly  paid  by  over  two  thousand  individual  givers. 
These  gifts  and  the  interest  accumulated  before  and  during  the  process  of  build- 
ing yielded  somewhat  more  than  a  million  dollars.  Of  this  sum  approximately 
$800,000  was  spent  upon  the  building  and  its  furniture,  and  $200,000  set  aside 
as  an  endowment  fund  for  the  physical  maintenance  of  the  building. 

Ground  was  broken  January  10,  1910,  on  the  fourth  anniversary  of  the  death 
of  President  Harper.  The  cornerstone  was  laid  June  14,  1910.  The  building 
was  dedicated  June  11,  1912,  two  years  and  five  months  from  the  breaking  of 
ground.  It  was  opened  to  the  use  of  readers  at  the  beginning  of  the  Summer 
Quarter,  Tuesday,  June  18,  1912.  

For  full  description  of  this  building  see  Part  IH-.  11 

The  erection  of  the  Hiram  Kelly  Classical  Building  will,  it  is  hoped,  be 
begun  in  the  near  future.  It  will  constitute  a  part  of  the  Library  Group  above 
described.  In  addition  to  classrooms  and  offices,  it  will  contain  reading-rooms 
and  research  studies  for  some  150  students,  shelving  for  about  80,000  volumes  for 
the  Classical  Group,  and  storage  stacks  for  the  General  Library  capable  of 
holding  220,000  books. 


THE    LIBRARIES 


PART  II 
THE  HARPER  MEMORIAL  LIBRARY 


I.    MAIN  FEATURES 

The  main  features  both  of  the  Harper  Memorial  Library  and  of  the  whole 
group  of  which  it  is  the  central  building  were  laid  down  in  the  report  of  the  Com- 
mission of  1902. 

The  main  reading-room  is  on  the  third  floor  of  the  middle  section  of  the 
Harper  Library.  Adjoining  it  in  the  West  Tower  is  the  PubUc  Catalogue  and 
General  Delivery  Room.  From  this  floor  bridges  lead  immediately  to  the 
Libraries  in  the  Haskell  Oriental  Museum  and  the  Law  Building.  Eventually 
there  will  also  be  immediate  communication  with  the  reading-rooms  of  the  other 
buildings  of  the  group,  which  still  remain  to  be  built. 

The  general  administrative  oflBces  and  working-rooms  of  the  Libraries  are 
on  the  second  floor.  Other  oflSces  and  rooms  for  special  collections  are  provided 
in  the  fourth,  fifth,  and  sixth  stories  of  the  two  towers. 

The  book  stacks  rest  directly  on  the  ground  and  are  carried  independently  of 
the  building.  The  first  floor,  with  the  exception  of  the  East  Tower  stack,  is 
temporarily  given  up  to  classrooms  and  a  suite  of  oflSces  for  the  President  of  the 
University.  With  the  exception  of  the  space  reserved  for  corridors  this  floor  will 
eventually  be  wholly  occupied  by  stacks. 

The  Historical  and  Social  Science  Group,  whose  building  is  eventually  to  be 
built  immediately  east  of  the  Central  Library  Building,  is  for  the  present  given 
space  for  a  Graduate  reading-room  and  departmental  offices  in  the  third,  fourth, 
fifth,  and  sixth  floors  of  the  East  Tower.  The  Departmental  hbraries  of  Philoso- 
phy and  Modern  Languages  are  located  in  the  West  Tower  until  such  time  as 
more  permanent  quarters  can  be  provided  or  the  space  is  required  for  less  special- 
ized purposes.  Seminar  rooms  are  also  provided  for  all  these  departments.  The 
completion  of  the  Library  Group  according  to  the  plan  indicated  above  will 
give  all  these  departments  space  in  buildings  of  their  own,  but  in  immediate 
connection  with  the  General  Library. 

There  are  four  entrances  to  the  Harper  Memorial  Library:  three  from  the 
north  and  one  from  the  south.  Access  can  also  be  had  over  the  bridges  that 
lead  from  the  Haskell  Oriental  Museiun  and  the  Law  Building.  In  each  tower 
a  passenger  elevator  and  two  stairways  extend  the  whole  height  of  the  building. 
Electric  book-lifts  Ukewise  run  the  whole  height  of  both  towers,  from  lower 
basement  to  sixth  floor.  Pneumatic  tubes  for  the  conveyance  of  book  orders 
and  charging  cards  connect  various  parts  of  the  building.  Speaking  tubes  and 
telephones  facilitate  viva  voce  communication. 

The  total  number  of  rooms  in  the  building  is  81,  besides  41  closets  and  minor 
rooms  of  various  kinds.     There  is  office  space  for  about  forty  members  of  the 


THE    UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO 


Library  staff  and  twenty-five  members  of  the  Faculties,  and  seats  for  about  five 
hundred  and  seventy  readers.  There  will  be  space  for  about  one  million  volumes 
when  aU  the  stacks  are  installed. 

The  demand  for  beauty  has  been  met  mainly  in  the  towers,  the  highest 
point  of  whose  turrets  is  135  feet  above  the  ground,  in  the  stone  carvings, 
both  exterior  and  interior,  and  especially  in  the  great  reading-room.  The 
subjects  of  the  carvings  have  been  carefully  selected  with  a  view  to  their 
appropriateness  to  the  building.  The  coat-of-arms  of  the  University  of  Chicago 
has  been  used  in  a  number  of  places.  In  the  main  reading-room  are  the  coats- 
of-arms  of  eight  American  and  eight  European  and  Asiatic  universities. 

The  center  court,  bounded  on  the  south  by  the  Library  Building,  on  the  east 
by  the  Law  School,  and  on  the  west  by  the  Haskell  Oriental  Museum,  is  known 
as  the  Harper  Court,  and  eventually,  it  is  expected,  there  will  stand  in  the  center 
of  it  a  bronze  statue  of  President  Harper. 

11.    ARCHITECTURE 

The  Harper  Memorial  Library  gives  the  University  another  illustration  of 
English  Gothic  architecture  of  the  collegiate  type,  inspired  by  the  examples  of 
King's  College  Chapel  at  Cambridge,  and  Magdalen  College  and  Christ  Church 
at  Oxford.  The  Library  is  not  copied  from  any  particular  building,  but  the 
features  of  its  design  have  their  origin  in  the  motives  of  those  ancient  buildings 
and  it  is  wrought  in  that  style  of  architecture  to  meet  present-day  needs.  It 
is  believed  that  the  result  gives  an  atmosphere  of  dignity  and  charm  to  this 
important  central  building  of  the  University. 

III.    INSCRIPTIONS  AND  SYMBOLIC  DESIGNS 

In  the  stone  carvings,  both  exterior  and  interior,  in  addition  to  the  traditional 
designs  characteristic  of  the  Gothic  architecture,  much  use  has  been  made  of  the 
coats-of-arms  of  European,  American,  and  Asiatic  universities,  and  of  the  printers' 
marks  of  the  most  famous  European  printers.  The  following  is  a  list  of  the 
universities  and  colleges,  whose  coats-of-arms  or  seals  are  carved  on  the 
building,  and  of  the  inscriptions,  arranged  according  to  location : 

I.      ON   THE   SOUTH   ELEVATION 

Between  the  first-  and  second-story  windows  of  the  West  Tower: 
"West  side  Center  East  side 

Toronto  Williams  Dublin 

McGill  Bowdoin  Edinburgh 

Amherst 

Brown 

Over  the  third-story  window  of  the  West  Tower,  from  left  to  right: 

L  London  8.  Berlin 

2.  Leyden  9.  Salamanca 

3.  Gottingen  10.  Leipzig 

4.  Upsala  11.  Heidelberg 

5.  Aberdeen  12.  Geneva 

6.  Brussels  13.  Manchester 

7.  Paris  14.  Vienna 


THE    LIBRARIES 


Over  the  third-story  window  of  the  East  Tower,  seven  Oxford  shields  and 
seven  Cambridge  shields  as  follows : 

1.  New  College  8.  Cambridge  University 

2.  Christ  Church  9.  Peterhouse 

3.  Balliol  10.  Pembroke 

4.  Oriel  11.  Kings 

5.  Magdalen  12.  Trinity 

6.  Trinity  13.  Emmanuel 

7.  Oxford  University  14.  St.  Johns 

On  tlje  parapet  over  the  central  window  of  the  Reading-Room: 
The  University  of  Chicago 


II.      ON   THE    NORTH   ELEVATION 

Over  the  third-story  windows: 

West  Tower  East  Tower 

1.  Harvard  1.  Wisconsin 

2.  Northwestern  2.  Denison 

3.  Indiana  3.  Cornell 

4.  Johns  Hopkins  4.  Columbia 

5.  Minnesota  5.  Pennsylvania 

6.  Michigan  6.  Vassar 

7.  Princeton  7.  California 

Over  the  second-story  windows  above  the  main  entrance  to  the  West  Tower: 

1.  Yale  3.  Illinois 

2.  Virginia  4.  Leland  Stanford  Junior 

Over  the  main  entrance  of  the  West  Tower  are  the  coats-of-arms  of: 

1.  The  University  of  Chicago 

2.  The  United  States  of  America 

On  the  parapet  over  the  Reading-Room  are  the  coats-of-arms  of: 

The  United  States  of  America 
Annapolis  West  Point 

Over  the  central  north  entrance  is  the  following  inscription: 

In  Memory  of 

William  Rainey  Harper 

First  President  of  the 

University  of  Chicago 

On  the  parapet  over  the  center  of  the  Reading-Room,  north  elevation,  are 
the  words: 

Science,  Art,  Literature 


10  THE    UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO 

HI.      IN  THE  ENTRANCE   HALLS 

On  the  south  wall  of  the  entrance  to  the  West  Tower  the  following  inscription 
will  appear  on  a  brass  tablet: 

TO   HONOR  THE   MEMORY   OF 

WILLIAM  RAINEY  HARPER 

First  President  op  the  University  of  Chicago 

Bom  1856  Died  1906 

This  Building  was  erected 

By  gifts  of  the  Founder  of  the  University 

Members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  and  Faculties 

Alumni  Students  and  other  Friends 

A.D.   1912 

In  the  entrance  hall  of  the  West  Tower  printers'  marks  are  carved  on  the 
etone  corbels  supporting  the  oak  beams  of  the  ceiling.  On  the  south  side,  they 
run  from  east  to  west,  as  follows : 

1.  The  device  of  Johann  Froben,  Basle,  the  last  years  of  the  fifteenth  century 
and  the  first  quarter  of  the  sixteenth.  (Two  hands  holding  upright  a  caduceus, 
on  which  is  perched  a  bird.     The  two  serpents  are  crowned.)     Froben. 

2.  Device  introduced  by  Christopher  Plantin  about  the  middle  of  the  six- 
teenth century.  (A  pair  of  compasses  directed  by  a  hand.)  The  best  known  of 
several  devices  used  by  the  famous  Plantins  of  Antwerp,  printers  and  publishers. 
Labor e  et  Constantia. 

3.  Device  of  Gerardus  Wolsschatius,  Antwerp,  first  quarter  of  the  seven- 
teenth century.  (An  anchor  held  by  two  hands  reaching  from  the  clouds.  The 
Greek  letters  Alpha  and  Omega — the  beginning  and  the  end — and  Chi  Rho,  the 
first  letters  of  the  name  of  the  Savior.)     Concordia. 

4.  Device  of  Marcus  Amadorus,  Venice,  1569.  (A  stork.)  Vigilat  nee 
Fatiscit. 

On  the  north  side  the  same  series  is  repeated  in  the  same  order  from  west 
to  east. 

On  the  stairway  in  the  West  Hall,  half-way  up  the  first  flight,  appears  the 
coat-of-arms  of: 

The  University  of  Chicago 

IV.    IN  the  main  reading-room  on  the  third  floor 

On  the  screen  at  the  west  end  are  the  coats-of-arms  of  the  following  uni- 
versities of  the  Western  Hemisphere: 

Harvard  Michigan 

Yale  Wisconsin 

Johns  Hopkins  California 

Columbia  Chicago 


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Above  the  screen,  on  the  wall  of  the  gallery,  is  the  following  inscription, 
carved  in  the  stone: 

"Read  not  to  contradict,  nor  to  believe,  but  to  weigh  and  consider." 

On  the  screen  at  the  east  end  are  the  coats-of-arms  of  the  following  uni- 
versities of  the  Eastern  Hemisphere: 

Oxford  St.  Petersburg 

Cambridge  Bologna 

Paris  Tokyo 

Berlin  Calcutta 

Above  the  screen,  on  the  wall  of  the  gallery,  is  the  following  inscription: 
"Whatsoever  things  were  written  aforetime  were  written  for  our  learning." 

On  the  corbels  supporting  the  ceiling  arches  are  printers'  marks  arranged 
on  the  north  side  from  west  to  east,  and  on  the  south  side  from  east  to  west  in 
the  following  order: 

1.  One  of  the  devices  used  by  the  Elzevirs  of  Amsterdam.  First  used  by 
Isaac  Elzevir  in  1620.  (An  ehn  tree  over  which  a  vine  is  growing;  under  it  a 
hermit.)    Non  Solus. 

2.  Device  of  WiUiam  Caxton,  the  first  English  printer,  1476-91. 

3.  Device  of  Johannes  Columbius,  Deventer,  middle  of  seventeenth  century. 
(An  open  book  displayed  on  the  breast  of  the  Phoenix,  and  inscribed  with  the 
Greek  letters  Alpha  and  Omega.)    Renovabitur. 

4.  Device  of  Henning  Grosse,  Leipzig,  about  the  beginning  of  the  seven- 
teenth century.     (Hercules  with  lion  skin  and  club.)    Sic  Itur  ad  Astra. 

5.  Device  of  Guillaume  Rouille,  Lyons,  1545  to  about  1590.  (An  eagle 
arising  on  a  globe,  two  serpents.)    In  Virtute  et  Fortuna. 

6.  Device  used  by  Thomas  Vantr oilier,  London  and  Edinburgh,  about 
1565-1605;  also  by  John  Norton,  London,  beginning  of  seventeenth  century. 
(An  anchor  held  by  a  hand  reaching  from  the  clouds.)    Anchora  Spei. 

7.  Device  by  Theodosius  Rihelius,  Strasburg,  third  quarter  of  sixteenth 
century.     (A  winged  woman.) 

8.  Device  introduced  by  Aldus  Manutius,  in  1502,  founder  of  the  great 
Venetian  house  of  Aldus,  which  published  books  from  about  1495  to  the  opening 
of  the  seventeenth  century. 

In  the  ceiling  itself  the  coat-of-arms  of  the  University  of  Chicago,  and  the 
monogram  HML  (Harper  Memorial  Library)  are  rei)eated. 


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IV.    FLOOR  PLANS  AND  LISTS  OF  ROOMS 

FIRST  FLOOR 


W.  signifies  West  Tower;  M.,  Middle  Section;  E.,  East  Tower. 

W.ll,  13,  15,  17.    Oflflces  of  the  President  of  the  University  and  his  Secretaries. 

M .  10,  12,  14.     Seminar  Rooms  of  the  Modem  Language  Group,  and  classrooms  of  the 

Departments  of  Philosophy  and  Political  Science. 
M.ll.     Harper  Assembly  Room. 
M.13,   15,   16,   18,   19,  E.IO.     Classrooms  of   the  Departments  of   History,  Political 

Economy,  Political  Science,  and  Sociology. 
E.ll.     Stack  Room,  containing  also  small  study  rooms  for  members  of  the  Faculties. 
E .  17.     Study  Room,  reserved  for  members  of  the  Faculties  and  visiting  scholars. 


SECOND  FLOOR 


W.20.  Cataloguing  Department,  Typewriting  Room. 

W.21.  Acquisition  Department,  Purchase  Division. 

M.20,  o,  b,  c.     Women's  Rest  and  Conversation  Rooms. 

M.21.  Cataloguing  Department. 

M.22.  Rare  Book  Room :    Classification  Room. 

M.23.  Stenographers'  Room. 

M.24.  Acquisition  Department,  Gift  and  Exchange  Division. 

M .  25.  OCace  of  the  Associate  Director  of  the  Libraries. 

M .  26.  Office  and  Seminar  Room  of  the  Department  of  Sociology. 

M .  27.  Office  of  the  Director  of  the  Libraries. 

M.28.  Faculty  Room;   Seminar  Room  of  the  Departments  of  Political  Economy  and 

Political  Science. 

E .  20.  Seminar  Room  of  the  Department  of  History. 

E.21.  Book  Stack;  containing  also  small  study  rooms  for  members  of  the  Faculty. 

E.27.  Study  Room  reserved  for  visiting  scholars. 


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THIRD  FLOOR 


MEZZANINE  FLOOR 


W.30.  Cloak  Room. 

W.31.  Public  Catalogue  and  Delivery  Room. 

W .  32.  Men's  Conversation  Room. 

W.34.  Men's  Toilet  Room. 

M .  30.  The  Main  Reading-Room. 

E .  30.  Manuscript  Room. 

E.31.  Reading-Room  for  Graduate  students  in  the  Historical  Group. 

E .  32.  Historical  Museum. 

E .  33.  Gallery :  Annex  to  Reading-Room  for  Graduate  students  in  the  Historical  Group, 

The  Periodical  Room  and  the  Law  School  Library  are  reached  by  a  passageway  and 
bridge  from  the  east  end  of  the  main  Reading-Room. 

The  Divinity  School  Library  is  reached  by  a  similar  passageway  and  bridge  from  the 
Public  Catalogue  Room  in  the  West  Tower. 


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FOURTH  FLOOR 


W.40.  Office  of  attendants. 

W.41.  Reading-Room  for  Graduate  students  In  the  Modern  Language  Group. 

W.42.  Emil  G.  Hlrsch-Bernays  Collection. 

E.40.  Men's  Conversation  Room. 

E.41.  Maps  and  Statistics. 

E .  42  and  47.     Offices  of  the  Department  of  Political  Science. 

E.44.  Men's  Toilet  Room. 

FIFTH  FLOOR 


W.50,  52,  54.     Offices  of  the  Department  of  Philosophy. 
■W.51.     Reading-Room  for  Graduate  students  in  Philosophy. 
W .  53.     Seminar  Room  of  the  Department  of  Philosophy. 
E.50,  52,  54.     Offices  of  the  Department  of  Sociology. 
E.51,  53,  55,  57.     Offices  of  the  Department  of  Political  Economy. 

SIXTH  FLOOR 


W .  60.  Office  of  the  University  Historian. 

W.61.  President's  Committee  Room. 

^^.62.  Ebenezer  S.  Lane  Collection. 

W.63.  Reserved. 

E.60,  61,  62.  63,  67.     Offices  of  the  Department  of  History. 

E .  64.  Storeroom. 

E .  65.  Office  of  the  Department  of  Sociology. 


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V.    CAPACITY 

The  present  capacity  of  the  various  portions  of  the  Harper  Memorial  Library, 
in  respect  to  books  and  readers,  is  approximately  as  follows: 

Basement—  Books       Readers 

West  Tower 50,000 

Middle  Section 125,000 

East  Tower 69,200 

First  Floor — 
East  Tower  Stack 32,000 

Second  Floor — 

Cataloguing  and  Acquisition  Rooms 5,000 

Rare  Book  Room 3,000  ... 

Seminar  Rooms 36 

East  Tower  Stack 32,000 

Third  Floor- 
Main  Reading-Room 14,000  364 

History  Reading-Room 10,000  48 

Manuscript  Room 2,700  6 

Fourth  Floor — 

Modem  Language  Reading-Rooms 10,000             48 

Maps  and  Statistics 1,000             12 

Offices  in  East  Tower 900 

Fifth  Floor— 

Philosophy  Library 9,000  28 

Philosophy  Offices 1,500 

Offices  in  East  Tower 2,700 

Sixth  Floor — 

Rooms  W.  62,  63 9.000  30 

Offices  in  East  Tower 2,700 

Total  in  Harper  Memorial  Library 377,500  572 

When  the  stacks  already  contracted  for  are  installed  in  the  middle  section 
of  the  basement,  the  book  capacity  will  be  increased  to  575,000  volumes.  By 
installing  additional  stacks  in  the  space  temporarily  devoted  to  classrooms  and 
offices,  this  capacity  may  be  increased  to  about  one  milUon  volumes. 


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PART  III 

INFORMATION  FOR  READERS  CONCERNING  THE  USE  OF 

BOOKS,  CLASSIFICATION  SYSTEMS,  AND 

CATALOGUES 


I.     DIRECTORY  OF  LIBRARIES  AND  LIBRARY  HOURS 

A.     LIBRARIES  IN  HARPER  MEMORIAL  LIBRARY  BUILDING 

The  Harper  Memorial  Library  provides  accommodation  for  the  General 
Library,  with  the  exception  of  the  Periodical  Room  (located  at  the  south  end  of 
the  Law  School  Library  and  immediately  accessible  from  the  General  Library 
Reading-Room  by  the  East  bridge),  and  for  the  Departmental  Ubraries  of 
the  Historical  Group,  the  Modem  Language  Group,  and  the  Department  of 
Philosophy. 

The  following  statement  shows  the  location  of  the  reading-rooms  of  these 
libraries  and  the  hours  at  which  they  are  open: 
General  Library — W.31  and  M.30. 

8:00  A.M.-IO :00  p.m.,   Monday-Saturday.    2:00-6:00  p.m.,  Sunday   (after 

October  1,  1913). 
Historical  Group — E.31. 

8:00  A.M.-10:00  p.m.,  Monday-Saturday. 
Modern  Language  Group — W.41  and  W.42. 

8:00  A.M.-6  :00  p.m.,  7:00-10:00  p.m.,  Monday-Saturday. 
Philosophy — W.51  and  W.53. 

8:00  A.M.-6  :00  p.m.,  7:00-10:00  p.m.,  Monday-Saturday. 

B.     DEPARTMENTAL  LIBRARIES  NOT  IN  HARPER  MEMORIAL  LIBRARY 

The  following  statement  shows  the  location  of  the  libraries  outside  of  the 
Harper  Memorial  Library  and  the  hours  at  which  they  are  open: 
Astronomy — Yerkes  Observatory,  Williams  Bay,  Wis.     (See  also  imder  Mathe- 
matics.) 
Biology — Zoology  Building,  1st  floor,  Rooms  12-13. 

8:30  A.M.-IO :00  p.m.,  Monday-Friday;  8:30  a.m.-5:00  p.m.,  Saturday. 
Chemistry — Kent  Chemical  Laboratory,  2d  floor.  Room  35. 

8:00-9:15  a.m.,   4:00-5:15  p.m.,   Monday-Friday;    8:00  a.m.-1:00  p.m., 

Saturday. 
Classics— Cobb  Hall,  2d  Floor,  North  End. 

8:00  A.M.-6:00  p.m.,  7:00-10:00  p.m.,  Monday-Saturday, 
Divinity  School — Haskell  Oriental  Museum,  3d  floor. 

8:00  A.M.-IO: 00  P.M.,  Monday-Saturday. 


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Geology  and  Geography — Walker  Museum,  2d  floor. 

8:00  A.M.-5  :30  p.m.,  7:00-10:00  p.m.,  Monday-Saturday. 
Hitchcock  House  Library, 

8:00  a.m.-10:00p.m.,  daily. 
Law  School — Law  Building,  3d  floor. 

8:00  A.M.-10:00  p.m.,  Monday-Saturday. 
Mathematics  and  Astronomy — Ryerson  Physical  Laboratory,  4th  floor. 

8:30  A.M.-6:00  p.m.,  Monday-Saturday. 
Periodical  Room — Law  Building,  3d  floor. 

8:00  A.M.-10:00  p.m.,  Monday-Saturday. 
Physics — Ryerson  Physical  Laboratory,  Room  27. 

8:30  A.M.-6:00  p.m.,  Monday-Saturday. 
Psychology — Psychological  Laboratory,  5728  Ellis  Avenue. 

8:15  A.M.-6:00  p.m.,  Monday-Friday;  8:00  a.m.-12:00  m.,  Saturday. 

7:30-10:00  P.M.,  Monday-Thursday. 
School  of  Education — Emmons  Blaine  Hall,  2d  floor. 

8:00  A.M.-10:00  p.m.,  Monday-Friday;  8:00  a.m.-4:00  p.m.,  Saturday. 

Note. — In  the  Summer  Quarter  the  Libraries  open  fifteen  minutes  earlier  than  the 
hours  shown  in  this  schedule. 


II.    INSTRUCTIONS  TO  READERS:    HOW  TO  GET  BOOKS 

A.    HOW  TO  OBTAIN  A  BOOK  PROM  THE  STACK  FOR  USE  IN  THE 
READING-ROOM  IN  HARPER  MEMORIAL  LIBRARY 

1.  Look  for  the  book  in  the  catalogue  and  fill  out  a  white  call  sUp  legibly, 
correctly,  and  completely,  being  careful  to  observe  the  following  points: 

a)  The  call  number  is  found  in  the  left-hand  corner  of  the  catalogue  card. 
Copy  all  of  the  call  number  just  as  it  stands,  including  the  symbols  written  beneath  it. 

b)  Write  the  name  of  the  author  (not  editor  or  translator)  in  the  space 
provided  for  it  on  the  call  slip  and  enough  of  the  title  to  identify  the  book. 

c)  Do  not  write  in  the  space  for  the  accession  number.  This  will  be  8up< 
plied  by  the  attendant  when  the  book  is  obtained. 

d)  Always  write  your  name  and  your  address  on  the  call  slip. 

e)  If  the  work  is  in  more  than  one  volume,  indicate  the  volume  you  desire. 
/)  If  you  wish  a  particular  edition  of  a  work,  specify  the  edition  desired. 

2.  Note  also  the  following  suggestions: 

o)  If  the  catalogue  calls  for  two  or  three  copies  of  a  book  wanted,  put  aU 
the  call  numbers  on  your  slip  with  the  note  "either  copy"  or  "one  copy."  For 
example,  Dickens'  Tale  of  Two  Cities  can  be  found  under  the  following  numbers: 

(4)  Traveling 
Library 

In  such  cases  give  all  call  numbers,  so  that  if  some  copies  are  out,  or  on 
reservation,  or  in  use,  it  will  not  be  necessary  to  return  the  shps  for  additional 
numbers. 


(1)  PZ 

(2)  823.8 

(3)  E90 

3 

D55e 

D55 

D548T 

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b)  Take  care  to  copy  call  numbers  legibly  and  correctly.  Note  the  following 
cases  where  lack  of  care  will  cause  delay  and  difficulty: 

F  F 

195.7     is  not  the  same  as      1957. 
Ge  5m  Ge  5m 

HG  AG 

501         carelessly  written  becomes      501 
S  95  S  95 

PZ  3       carelessly  written  becomes     P  23 
R  526  S  R  526  S 

PQ91      carelessly  written  becomes     P  291 
B2  B2 

(R)  (R) 

c)  When  the  work  you  want  is  a  particular  volume  of  a  set,  give  the  title 
and  call  number  of  the  set  and  specify  the  volume  wanted.     For  example: 

808.8  808.8 

Goethe's  Egmont  should  read  Bihliothek  der  Gesamt-Litteratur, 

B  47  B  47       vol.  48. 

d)  Certain  symbols  underneath  the  call  numbers  indicate  the  location  of  the 
books  in  Libraries  outside  of  Harper  Memorial  Library: 

F545 

S  73     is  in  the  Library  of  the  School  of  Education 
(Ed) 

Q 

171       is  in  the  Biological  Library 
H52 

(B) 

(For  other  examples  see  explanation  on  card  over  catalogue.) 

e)  Other  symbols  indicate  the  location  of  books  in  Harper  Memorial  Library: 

D  20  G  13 

H  51    is  in  the  Reading-Room;        H  39        is  in  W.41  or  42  (Modem  Language 

(RR)  (Mod  Lang)       Reading-Room) 

Z 

240      is  in  the  Cataloguing  Department  in  M.21 

P94 

(Cat) 

f)  It  is  well  to  remain  in  the  DeUvery  Room  until  the  attendant  has  seen 
your  call  slip,  in  case  it  is  necessary  to  return  the  slip  to  you  for  additions  or 
corrections. 

g)  When  an  attendant  reports  a  book  as  "in  use"  the  book  is  being  used  in 
the  Library.  You  can  probably  get  it  later  in  the  day.  When  the  book  is 
reported  "out,"  it  has  been  drawn  from  the  Library  and  may  be  recalled  in  most 
cases  if  the  need  is  urgent. 

3.  Place  the  call  slip,  properly  filled  out,  in  the  basket  on  the  DeUvery 
Counter  in  W.31,  or  hand  the  slip  to  an  attendant,  who  will  send  for  the  book. 


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4.  Note  the  following  exceptions: 

a)  If  the  book  is  shelved  in  the  East  Tower  your  call  slip  will  be  sent  across 
by  carrier  and  you  will  be  asked  to  call  for  your  book  at  the  Delivery  Desk  in 
E.31. 

b)  If  the  book  is  shelved  in  the  Reading-Room  or  in  a  Departmental  library, 
the  slip  will  be  returned  to  you  with  directions  concerning  the  location  of  the  book. 

5.  If  you  send  for  several  books  simultaneously,  place  on  the  call  slips  the 
number  of  the  table  at  which  you  are  working  in  the  Reading-Room.  The 
books  will  be  sent  to  your  table  when  obtained. 

6.  All  books  drawn  for  use  in  the  Reading-Room  must  be  returned  to  the 
Dehvery  Desk  from  which  they  were  obtained  before  you  leave  the  Library. 
Failure  to  return  the  book  incurs  a  fine  of  15  cents,  if  the  book  is  left  in  the 
Library  Reading-Room,  and  of  25  cents  if  the  book  is  taken  outside  the  Library. 

B.     HOW  TO   DRAW  A  BOOK   FROM   THE   GENERAL  LIBRARY  FOR  USE 
OUTSIDE  THE  READING-ROOM 

1.  Obtain  and  sign  a  library  card  at  the  Dehvery  Desk  in  W.31.  This  card 
must  be  presented  whenever  a  book  is  drawn,  returned,  or  renewed. 

2.  Make  out  a  call  slip  as  directed  under  A  above. 

3.  Present  the  book  with  your  library  card  to  the  attendant  at  the  desk 
for  charging.  Note  that  the  book  may  be  kept  for  two  weeks  and  may  be  once 
renewed  for  the  same  period. 

C.     RENEWAL  OF  BOOKS 

An  application  for  the  renewal  of  a  book  should  be  made  on  or  before  the 
day  on  which  it  is  due.  A  pink  slip  is  provided  for  this  purpose,  and  this  or 
notice  sent  by  mail  is  the  only  accepted  evidence  that  a  renewal  has  been  made. 

D.     RETURN  OF  BOOKS 

Return  all  books  at  the  Delivery  Desk  in  W.31. 

You  are  responsible  for  all  books  charged  to  you  until  they  are  returned  to 
the  attendant  at  the  desk  and  proper  record  of  the  return  has  been  made.  Take 
time  to  see  that  your  record  is  clear  before  leaving  the  desk.  Books  not  returned 
or  renewed  at  the  end  of  two  weeks  are  subject  to  a  fine  of  3  cents  a  day  until  the 
book  is  returned. 

E.     BOOKS  ON  RESERVATION  FOR  UNIVERSITY  COURSES 

Books  of  this  class  may  not  be  withdrawn  from  the  Library  Rooms  except 
for  use  overnight.  They  must  be  used  in  the  Reading-Rooms  in  which  they 
are  located  and  may  not  be  taken  to  other  rooms  in  the  building. 

Books  for  certain  courses  are  shelved  in  the  main  Reading-Room  and  in  the 
Departmental  Reading-Rooms  in  E.31,  W.41  and  42,  and  in  W.51  and  52. 
Students  have  access  to  these  books  without  charging  them.  They  should  be 
returned  to  the  proper  place  on  the  shelves  when  the  student  leaves  the  room. 
Books  for  certain  other  courses  are  shelved  at  the  Dehvery  Desks  in  E.31  and 


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W.31.  These  volumes  must  be  signed  for  when  taken  from  the  desk  and  must 
be  returned  to  the  desk  before  the  student  leaves  the  Library. 

The  student  is  held  responsible  for  a  book  so  charged  to  him  until  it  is 
returned  to  the  attendant  and  record  of  return  has  been  made.  Failure  to 
return  to  the  desk  a  book  charged  for  use  in  the  room  incurs  a  fine  of  15  cents. 

For  overnight  use  reserved  books  may  be  drawn  from  the  Library  at  or 
after  9:00  p.m.  after  being  properly  charged  for  use  outside  the  Library.  To 
draw  a  reserved  book  for  overnight  use  fill  out  a  yellow  book  slip  fully,  as  provided 
on  the  slip,  taking  special  care  to  record  the  accession  number  correctly. 

Note  that  in  most  library  books  the  accession  number  is  found  on  the  top 
of  the  page  following  the  title-page.  In  books  of  the  Traveling  Library  it  is 
on  the  slip  on  the  front  cover  of  the  book.  In  private  copies  it  is  on  the  book 
pocket. 

Of  books  of  which  there  are  several  copies,  as  many  as  are  not  needed  for 
the  use  of  evening  readers  may  be  drawn  for  overnight  use  at  5:00  p.m.  No 
books  of  which  there  is  but  a  single  copy  are  given  out  before  9:00  p.m. 

Reserved  books  drawn  for  overnight  use  are  due  within  10  minutes  after  the 
close  of  the  first  class-period  on  the  morning  following  withdrawal,  hoUdays 
and  Sundays  excepted.  Failure  to  return  the  book  within  the  specified  time 
incurs  a  fine  of  15  cents  for  the  first  hour,  and  5  cents  for  each  additional  hour 
after  the  first,  until  the  book  is  returned;  50  cents  for  each  full  day. 

F.     HOW  TO  DRAW  BOOKS  FROM  DEPARTMENTAL  LIBRARIES 

1.  In  the  Historical  Reading-Room  in  Harper  Memorial  Library  E.31,  and 
in  Haskell  Divinity  Library,  books  may  be  called  for  as  in  W.31. 

2.  In  the  Modern  Language  Library  in  Harper  Memorial  Library  W.41 
and  42,  the  books  are  reserved  for  use  in  the  Library  during  the  Library  hours 
but  may  be  drawn  for  use  overnight  as  reserved  books.  They  should  be  charged 
as  reserved  books  on  yellow  slips  by  the  attendant  in  W .  40. 

In  the  Philosophy  Library  in  Harper  Memorial  Library  W.51  and  53, 
books  not  on  reservation  may  be  drawn  for  two  weeks  and  may  be  once  renewed. 
Books  on  reservation  may  be  drawn  for  use  overnight,  subject  to  the  regulations 
for  reserved  books.     The  charge  is  made  in  W .  40. 

Fines  for  late  return  in  all  the  above  are  the  same  as  in  the  General  Library. 

3.  In  the  Law  School  books  may  not  be  drawn  from  the  Library  for  home 
use  with  the  exception  of  textbooks,  which  may  be  drawn  for  overnight  use  at 
9:45  P.M.  They  must  be  returned  before  8:15  on  the  following  morning.  For 
the  late  return  of  a  book  the  fine  is  25  cents  for  the  first  hour  and  10  cents  for 
each  additional  hour  after  the  first. 

4.  In  the  School  of  Education  Library,  books  open  to  circulation  may  be 
drawn  for  one  week  and  may  be  once  renewed.  The  fine  for  failure  to  return 
is  3  cents  a  day.  Books  on  reservation  for  courses  may  be  loaned  for  overnight 
use  at  5:00  p.m.     The  fine  for  late  return  is  5  cents  an  hour. 

5.  In  other  Departmental  libraries,  books  are  open  to  circulation  only  on 
the  presentation  of  a  card  signed  by  an  instructor  of  the  Department.  Books 
on  reservation  in  libraries  not  open  after  6:00  p.m.  may  be  drawn  after  5:00  p.m. 


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In  libraries  open  until  10  o'clock  they  may  be  drawn  at  9:00  p.m.  Books  not 
on  reservation  may  be  drawn  for  overnight  itse  only  after  5:00  p.m.  For  excep>- 
tions  made  in  Departmental  libraries  to  this  general  statement,  see  the  regulationa 
in  the  particular  Library. 


III.    SYSTEMS  OF  CLASSIFICATION  AND  LOCATION  OF  CLASSES 

The  books  in  the  Harper  Memorial  Library  are  at  present  arranged  accord- 
ing to  four  systems  of  classification. 

1.  The  new  classification,  which  it  is  hoped  will  ultimately  cover  all  the  book 
resources  of  the  University  Libraries,  is  a  modification  of  the  Library  of  Congress 
system.     The  notation  consists  of: 

a)  One  or  two  letters  to  indicate  the  class. 

b)  A  number  to  indicate  the  subdivision. 

c)  A  letter  preceded  by  a  point  and  followed  by  a  number  to  indicate  the 

author  and  the  book. 

E 
Example:       128 
.B223 

The  letter  E  represents  American  History,  the  number  128,  general  works  on 
American  History,  the  designation  .B223  stands  for  Bancroft's  History  of  the 
United  States,  New  York,  1891-93. 

Copies  of  the  classification  schedules  may  be  consulted  in  rooms  M.22, 
M.25,  and  W.31.  So  far  as  they  are  available  in  printed  form  they  will  be 
found  also  in  the  stacks  at  the  beginning  of  each  class. 

The  classes  and  their  present  location  are  as  follows: 


A.  GENERAL  WORKS— POLYGRAPH Y 

Class  Location 

AC  Collections.     Series.     Collected  works      ....     East  Tower,  Basement 

AE  Encyclopedias    ....  East  Tower,  Basement,  Reading-Room  and  M .  21 

AG  General  reference  works  (other  than  encyclopedias)  East  Tower,  Basement 

AI       Indexes East  Tower,  Basement,  W.31,  and  Periodical  Room 

AM     Museums East  Tower,  Basement 

AN     Newspapers "         "  " 

>AP     Periodicals Periodical  Room  and  Law  School 

»AS     Societies.     Academies East  Tower,  Basement 

^AY     Yearbooks.     Almanacs "  "  " 

AZ  General  history  of  knowledge  and  learning  ..."         "               " 
of.  CB,  GT. 

B.     PHILOSOPHY— RELIGION 

Class  Location 

Philosophy      West  Tower,  51,  53 

B  Collections.     History.     Systems **         "  " 

'General  only,  special  by  subject  in  classes,  B-Z. 


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Class  Location 

BC         Logic West  Tower,  51,  53 

BD         Metaphysics "         " 

Introductions  to  philosophy.     Treatises 

Epistemology.    Theory  of  knowledge 

Ontology 

Cosmology.    Teleology 

Philosophy  of  rehgion 
BF         Psychology     " 

1001-1891  Metapsychology,  psychic  research 
Occult  sciences 

BH         Aesthetics "  " 

BJ  Ethics      " 

Rehgion.    Theology 

»BL        Rehgions.     Mythology.     Cults East  Tower,  Basement 

Theology 

IBM  General  Works "  "  " 

»BN  Historical.     (Church  history) East  Tower,  21B 

iBQ  Exegetical.     (Bible,  etc.) East  Tower,  Basement 

*BS  Systematic.     (Dogmatics.     Apologetics)      .        "  "  " 

*BV  Practical.     (Pastoral.     Homiletics.     Litur- 

gics) "         " 

C.     HISTORY— AUXILIARY  SCIENCES 
Class  Location 

CA      Philosophy  of  history  in  D  16.7,  D  16.8,  D  16.9    .    .  East  Tower,  21B 

CB      History  of  civihzation " 

cf.  AZ,  GT. 
(N.B.— General  works  only.    Special  countries  in  DA-DU,  E,  F) 

CC      Antiquities.     General 

CD     Archives.     Diplomatics " 

cf .  Paleography  Z.  105-115 

5001-5600  Sphragistics.     Sigillography 

CE      Chronology 

CJ       Numismatics 

CR     Heraldry " 

CS      Genealogy 

CT      Biography  .  Reading-Room,  Cataloguing  Department,  M. 21, 

East  Tower,  21 B 

N.B. — Biography,  collective  and  individual,  illustrative  of  any  subject  provided 
for  in  B-Z  is  classified  with  that  subject,  as  far  as  practicable. 

>  Not  reclassified.  Only  provisional  grouping  as  above,  without  subdivision- 
For  the  bulk  of  the  books  on  Religion  and  Theology,  cf.  Decimal  Classification,  classes 
200-299  in  Central  Basement  of  Harper  Memorial  Library  and  in  Haskell  Oriental 
Museum. 


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D.     HISTORY  AND  TOPOGRAPHY  (EXCEPT  AMERICA) 
Class  Location 

D        General  history      East  Tower,  21B 

DA     British  history "         "         « 

20-690  England 
700-749  Wales 
750-890  Scotland 
900-995  Ireland 

DB     Austria-Hungary "  "         " 

DC     France "         "        21A 

DD     Germany "  " 

DE     Classical  antiquity "         "  " 

DF     Greece " 

DG     Rome  and  Italy "         "  " 

DH-DJ  Netherlands "  "  " 

DH       1-399  Belgium  and  Holland 
DH  401-821  Belgium 
DH  901-916  Luxemburg  (grand  duchy) 
DJ  HoUand 

DK     Russia "         *  " 

1-400  Russia.     General 
401-438  Poland 
451-470  Finland 
751-999  Russia  in  Asia 

DL     Scandinavia "         "  " 

1-  81  Scandinavia.    General 

101-296  Denmark 

301-398  Iceland 

401-595  Norway 

601-996  Sweden 

DP     Spain  and  Portugal «         "  " 

1-462  Spain 
500-902  Portugal 

DQ     Switzerland "  "  " 

DR     Turkey  and  the  Balkan  States    .    .   •. "  "  " 

DS      Asia     " 

DT     Africa " 

DU     AustraUa  and  Oceania "  "  * 


E.  AND  F.     AMERICA 
Class  Locatioa 

E        America  (General)  and  United  States  (General)      .  .    .   East  Tower,  IIB 

F         United  States  (Local)  and  America  outside  of  U.S.  .    .      "  "  " 


24  THE    UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO 

G.     GEOGRAPHY— ANTHROPOLOGY 
Class  Location 

G        Geography,  voyages,  travel  (General) East  Tower,  11 B 

GA      Mathematical  and  astronomical  geography      "  "        11 A 

Cf.  QB.  VK 
GB      Physical  geography "  "  * 

cf.  QE 

GC     Oceanology  and  oceanography "  "  " 

GF      Anthropogeography "  "  " 

cf.  H 
GN     Anthropology.    Somatology.    Ethnology.    Ethnog- 
raphy (General).     Prehistoric  archeology     ..."  "  * 

Books  of  local  interest  largely  in  DA-F. 
GR     Folklore " 

cf.  B,  P 
GT      Culture  and  civilization.     Manners  and  customs    ..."         "  * 

cf.  AZ.  CB 
GV      Sports  and  amusements.     Games "  "  " 

H.     SOCIAL  SCIENCES 
Class  Location 

H        Social  sciences.     General East  Tower,  11 A 

HA     Statistics "         "  " 

ECONOMICS 

HB     Economic  theory "         *  * 

HC     Economic    history.      National    production,    economic 

situation  (by  countries) "  **  * 

HD     Economic  history.     Organization  and  situation  of  agri- 
culture and  industries "  "  " 

101-2200    Land.     Agriculture 
2709-4730    Corporations 
4801-8940    Labor 
9000-9999     Industries 
HE     Transportation  and  communication.     1-2709     .    .    .    .      "  "  * 

HE  "  «  "  2709-9999 


East  Tower,  Basement,  Mezzanine 


HF     Commerce,  including  Tariff 

HG     Finance 

201-1490     Money 
1501-3540     Banking 
8011-9970    Insurance 
HJ      Public  finance 


SOCIOLOGY 

HM    Sociology.     General  and  theoretical  .  East  Tower,  Basement,  Mezzanine 

HN     Social  history.     Social  reform     .    .    .  "          "               " 

Social  groups 

HQ     Family,  marriage,  woman "         "              "                  * 


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Class  Locatioa 

HS      Associations.    Secret  societies,  clubs,  etc. 

East  Tower,  Basement,  Mezzanine 
HT     Communities.     Urban.     Rural  .    .    .       "         "  «  " 

Not  reclassifled.     Provisional  grouping. 
Classes.     Aristocracy.     Third  estate,  bourgeoisie,  peasantry 
Laboring  classes,  proletariate.     Serfs 
of.  JC,  546-561 

Nations.    Races 

of.  CB,  GN 
HV     Social    pathology.     Philanthropy.     Charities    and 

corrections East  Tower,  Basement,  Mezzanine 

HX     Sociahsm.    Communism.     Anarchism     «         «  "  « 

J.     POLITICAL  SCIENCE 
Class  Location 

J         Documents East  Tower,  Basement,  Mezzanine 

1-9      OflBcial  gazettes 

General  serial  documents  not  classified 
by  subject 
10-99    United  States 
100-999  Other  countries  (300-999  in  East  Tower, 
Basement) 

JA      General  works East  Tower,  Basement 

JC       Theory  of  the  State «  «  « 

CONSTITUTIOKAIi   HISTORY,    AND   ADMINISTRATION 

JF       General East  Tower,  Basement 

JK      United  States "  «  « 

JL       Other  American  States "  "  " 

JN      Europe "  "  " 

JQ       Asia,  Africa,  AustraUa,  and  Pacific  Islands  ..."  "  " 

JS       Local  government "  "  * 

JV      Colonies  and  colonization.     Emigration  and  im- 
migration      "  "  " 

JX      International  law "  "  * 

6001-6953     Private  international  law 

K.    LAW 
Class  Locatioa 

K        Law  School 

Provisional  arrangement  only. 

L.     EDUCATION 
Class  Location 

L         General  Works.    Official  documents Central  Basement,  South 

LA      History  of  education "  "  " 

LB      Theory  and  practice  of    education.     Educa- 
tional psychology.    Teaching    ....  Central  Basement,  South 


26 THE    UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO 

C'ass  Location 

LC      Special  forms,  relations  and  applications  .    .    .  Central  Basement,  South 

LD     Universities  and  colleges  U.S "               «               « 

LE      Other  American "               «               " 

LF      Europe «               «               " 

LG      Asia,  Africa,  Oceania "              «               " 

LH     University,  college  and  school  magazines,  etc.  "               "               " 

U       College  fraternities  and  their  publications    .    .  "               "               " 

LT      Textbooks «              «              - 

N.B. — Only  special  collection  of  textbooks  and  textbooks  covering  divers  subject*  are 

classified  here.     Textbooks  of  particular  subjects  are  as  a  rule  classified  with  those 
subjects  in  B-Z. 

M.     MUSIC 

Class  Location 

M       Music Central  Basement,  South 

ML     Music  literature "               «               « 

MT     Theory «               «               - 

^  N.     FINE  ARTS 

C»ss  Location 

N        General Central  Basement,  South 

NA     Architecture «               "               « 

NB     Sculpture  and  related  arts *               «               « 

NC     Graphic  arts  in  general.     Drawing  and  design  «               «               « 

ND     Painting «                «               « 

NE     Engraving «               «               « 

NF     Photography  (in  art).    <See  TR «               «               « 

NK     Art  applied  to  industry.    Decoration  and  orna- 
ment      "               «              « 


P.     LANGUAGE  AND  LITERATURE 

Cass  Location 

P         Philology.     Linguistics West  Tower,  Basement 

PA      Classical  philology «  «  « 

1-  199     General «  «  « 

201-  891     Greek  language «  «  « 

1001-1151     Mediaeval  and  modern «  "  " 

2001-2899     Latin  language «  «  « 

MODERN  EUROPEAN  LANQUAQB8 

PB      General  works West  Tower,  Basement 

Celtic  languages «  «  « 

PC      Romance  languages "  «  « 

Teutonic  languages "  "  « 

PD         General «  «  « 

Gothic «  «  • 

Scandinavian      «  «  « 

PE          English -  «  « 


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Class  ^  Location 

PF          Frisian West  Tower,  Basement 

Dutch      «  «  " 

German "  "  * 

PG      Slavic  languages "  "  " 

Lithuanian      "  "  * 

Lettish "■  « 

PH      Finnish «  «  « 

Hungarian "  "  " 

Albanian «  «  « 

Basque "  "  " 

OKIENTAL   LANGUAGES 

PJ       General  works West  Tower,  Basement 

Hamitic "  "  " 

Semitic «  «  « 

PK      Indo-Iranian "  "  « 

Armenian "  "  * 

Caucasian "  "  " 

PL      Languages  of  Eastern  Asia,  Oceania,  Africa     .    .  "  "  " 

PM     Hyperborean  languages "  "  ■ 

American  languages "  "  * 

LITERARY   HISTORY.      LITERATURE 

PN     General West  Tower,  Basement 

PQ      Romanic «  «  « 

PR     English «  "  « 

PS      American «  «  " 

PT     Germanic "  «  « 

PV     Slavic «  «  « 

PZ      Fiction "  «  « 

Includes  only  fiction  in  English  not  wanted  in  classes  PA-PV. 


Q.     SCIENCE 

Class  Location 

Q        Science.    General Central  Basement,  South 

QA      Mathematics "  «  « 

801-999    Analytic  mechanics "  "  « 

QB      Astronomy      "  "  « 

281-349     Geodesy "  «  * 

QC      Physics "  "  « 

81-119     Weights  and  measures "  "  « 

801-999    Terrestrial    magnetism    and   me- 
teorology       "  "  * 

QD     Chemistry "  "  « 

901-999    Crystallography "  «  * 


28 THE    UNIVERSITY    OF    C  H  I C  A  G  O 

^'*®^  Location 

QE     Geology Central  Basement,  South 

cf.  GB.  GC 

351-499     Mineralogy  and  petrology     ...  "               «               « 

701-999     Paleontology «               «               « 

QH      Natural  history      «                «               u 

201-299     Microscopy «               «               « 

301-999    General  biology «              «              « 

QK     Botany «               «               « 

QL      Zoology «              «              « 

801-999    General  anatomy  and  embryology  «               «               « 

QM     Human  anatomy «               «               « 

QP      Physiology «               «               « 

QR      Bacteriology «               «               « 

R.     MEDICINE 

*^'*^^  Location 

R        Medicine.    General Central  Basement,  South 

RA  State  medicine.  Documents.  Public  Health. 
Medical  climatology.  Hospitals.  Juris- 
prudence    «               «              « 

RB     Pathology «               «              « 

RC     Practice  of  medicine *              «              « 

RD     Surgery «               «               « 

RE     Ophthalmology «               «               « 

RF      Otology.     Rhinology.     Laryngology     ....  *               "               « 

RG     Gynecology  and  obstetrics "               «               « 

RJ      Pediatrics «               «               « 

RK     Dentistry «               «               « 

RL      Dermatology «               «               « 

RM     Therapeutics "               «               « 

RS      Pharmacy  and  materia  medica "               «               « 

RT      Nursing «               «               « 

RV     Botanic,  Thomsonian  and  eclectic  medicine     .  "              "              « 

RX     Homeopathy «               «               « 

RZ      Miscellaneous  schools  and  arts "               «               « 

S.     AGRICULTURE— PLANT  AND  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY 

Class  Location 
S         General    agriculture,    soils,     fertiUzers,    farm 

implements,  etc Central  Basement,  South 

SB      General  plant  culture,  including  field  crops. 

Horticulture.  Landscape  Gardening  and 

parks.     Pests  and  diseases "               «               « 

SD      Forestry «               «               « 

SF      Animal  husbandry.     Veterinary  medicine    .    .  "               "               " 

SH      Fish  culture  and  fisheries.     Angling "               «               « 

SK      Hunting.    Game  protection "              «              « 


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T.     TECHNOLOGY 

Class  Location 

T        Technology.     General Central  Basement,  South 

ENGINEERING   AND   BUILDING   GROUP 

TA     Engineering — General.     Civil  engineering    .    .  Central  Basement,  South 

TC      Hydraulic  engineering  (harbors,  rivers,  canals)  «  «               « 

TD     Sanitary  and  municipal  engineering "  "               " 

TE      Roads  and  pavements "  "               " 

TF      Railroads "  «               « 

TG     Bridges  and  roofs «  «               « 

TH     Building  construction *  ■               * 

9111-9600.     Fire  prevention,  Fire  extinction  «  «               « 

MECHANICAL   GROUP 

TJ       Mechanical  engineering Central  Basement,  South 

TK     Electrical  engineering  and  industries     ....  "  "               " 

TL      Motor  vehicles.     Cycles.     Aeronautics     ...  "  "               * 

CHEMICAL   GROUP 

TN     Mineral  industries Central  Basement,  South 

TP      Chemical  technology "  "               " 

TR     Photography •  •               ' 

COMPOSITE   GROUP 

TS      Manufactures Central  Basement,  South 

TT      Trades 

TX     Domestic  science "  "               " 

U.     MILITARY  SCIENCE 

Class  Locatioa 

U        MiUtary  science.     General Central  Basement,  South 

UA     Armies.    Organization  and  distribution    ...  "  "               " 

UB     Administration "  "               * 

UC     Maintenance  and  transportation "  "               * 

UD     Infantry "  '              « 

UE     Cavah-y '  "              " 

UF      ArtiUery "  " 

UG     Military  engineering "  "               " 

UH     Minor  services *  *               * 

V.     NAVAL  SCIENCE 

Class  Locatioa 

V        Naval  science.     General Central  Basement,  South 

VA      Navies.    Organization  and  distribution    ...  "  "               " 

VB      Administration "  "               " 

VC      Maintenance "  "               * 

VD     Seamen «  '              " 

VE      Marines "  "              " 

VF      Ordnance "  '              ' 

VG      Minor  services *  "               * 

VK     Navigation "  « 

VM     Ship-building  and  marine  engineering   .    .    .    ,  "  *              * 


30  THE    UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO 

Z.     BIBLIOGRAPHY  AND  LIBRARY  SCIENCE 
Class  Location 

Reading-Room 

Cataloguing  Department 

Acquisition  Department 

Central  Basement,  South 

2.  The  Decimal  Classification  in  which  classes  and  subdiNasions  are  indicated 

by  numbers  0-999,  individual  books  as  under  the  Library  of  Congress  scheme. 

Following  is  a  list  of  the  classes: 

Location 

000  General  works,  bibliography,  cyclopedias,  etc.    .    Central  Basement,  North 

100  Philosophy,  psychology,  ethics West  Tower,  51,  53 

200  ReUgion,  Bible,  church  history Central  Basement,  North 

300  Sociology,  economics,  law,  education "  "  " 

400  Philology West  Tower,  Basement 

500  Natural  science Central  Basement,  North 

600  Useful  arts  and  industries "  "  " 

700  Fine  arts "  "  " 

800  Literature West  Tower,  Basement 

900  History,  travel,  biography Central  Basement,  North 

3.  The  Modern  Language  Classification,  in  which  classes  are  indicated  by 

letters,  subdivisions  by  numbers,  and  the  individual  books  mainly  as  in  the  above 

schemes.     The  classes  are: 

Location 

E.  English  Library West  Tower,  Basement 

G.  German  Library     

R.  Romance  Library " 

4.  Remnants  of  an  old  classification  still  remain  in  the  libraries  of  the  Histori- 
cal Group  and  Philosophy.  The  books  in  these  classes  are  being  transferred  as 
rapidly  as  possible  to  the  new  classification,  and  no  detailed  information  in  regard 
to  the  schemes  need,  therefore,  be  given.    They  are  located  as  follows: 

Philosophy W.51, 53 

Historical  group 

East  Basement,  Mezzanine,  before  Class  HX  of  the  new  classification 
Statistics East  Tower,  11  A,  after  Class  HA  of  the  new  classification 


IV.    UNCLASSIFIED  COLLECTIONS 

Of  collections  which  are  still  uncatalogued  and  unclassified,  or  practically  so, 

the  following  may  be  mentioned: 

Location 

Statistics  (mainly  the  Boeckh  Collection) 

East  Tower,  11  A,  and  Central  Basement,  South 
Historical  Group,  largely  French  and  German  dissertations 

East  Tower,  11  A,  Turret  Room 

Rehgion  and  Theology Central  Basement,  South 

College  and  University  Catalogues "  "  " 

College  and  University  Presidents' Reports    •.  .    •    •  "  " 

College  and  University  miscellaneous  publications 

(Series) "  "  ^ 

U.S.  Government  pubUcations,  by  departments     .    .  " 

Newspapers  and  periodicals 


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Location 

Foreign  exchanges Central  Basement,  South 

Learned  Society  publications "  "  " 

University  extension  library "  "  North 

Howard  Collection East  Tower,  Basement  (Cubicle) 

Lane  Collection W .  62 


V.  CATALOGUES 

1.     SHELF-LIST  AND  CLASSED  CATALOGUE 

The  shelf-list,  the  record  of  books  according  to  their  order  on  the  shelves, 
is  located  in  room  M.22  and  may  there  be  consulted.  It  should  be  referred  to 
especially  for  books  recently  received,  as  entries  are  usually  recorded  on  the  shelf- 
list  from  a  week  to  three  months  before  they  reach  the  pubUc  catalogue  in  W.31. 
It  covers  as  yet  only  books  which  have  been  included  under  the  new  classifica- 
tion. The  classed  catalogue,  an  elaboration  of  the  shelf -list,  is  located  in 
W.31.  Here  will  be  foimd  also  the  old  classed  catalogue  according  to  the 
Decimal  Classification.  The  latter  was  discontinued  in  1910  and  therefore 
includes  only  books  added  to  the  General  Library  prior  to  that  year.  The 
above  catalogues  represent  the  books  as  they  are  supposed  to  stand  on  the  shelves. 
That  is,  all  books  in  a  particular  class  here  stand  together,  while  in  the  alphabetic 
subject  catalogue  (see  below)  they  may  be  scattered  under  a  large  number  of 
different  headings.  The  classed  catalogues  and  shelf-list  furnish  as  a  rule  a 
more  reUable  source  of  information  in  regard  to  the  resources  of  the  hbraries 
than  the  shelves,  as  so  many  books  are  constantly  in  use  and  therefore  not 
in  their  places. 

2.     DICTIONARY  CATALOGUE 

The  main  catalogue  of  the  Libraries,  located  in  room  W.31,  contains  a 
record  of  books  by  authors,  in  part  also  by  subject  and  title,  in  one  alphabet, 
the  following  libraries  and  collections  being  so  far  included : 

1.  General  Library. 

2.  Historical  Group,  except  certain  remnants  not  as  yet  recatalogued. 

3.  Modern  Language  Library,  the  temporary  entries  previously  made  by 
students  and  assistants  having  been  merged  with  the  general  catalogue. 
Recent  acquisitions  are  in  part  fully  catalogued. 

4.  Physical  Culture  Library. 

5.  Geology  and  Geography  Library,  so  far  as  recatalogued. 

6.  Philosophy  Library,  so  far  as  recatalogued. 

The  order  of  entries  in  this  catalogue  follows  the  plan  of  a  dictionary  or 
encyclopedia,  the  only  exceptions  being: 

a)  That  works  about  authors  follow  the  works  written  by  them. 

b)  That  under  countries,  cities,  societies,  and  institutions,  the  publications  of 
which  these  bodies  may  be  considered  the  author,  e.g.,  the  official  docu- 
ments issued  by  departments  or  bureaus  of  a  state  or  municipal  govern- 
ment, the  reports,  transactions  or  proceedings  of  a  society  or  institution, 
come  first,  followed  in  turn  by  the  works  which  may  be  written  about  them, 
Under  countries  and  cities  there  may  be  also  a  third  group,  i.e.,  certain 


32  THE    UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO 

titlea  or  headings  of  which  the  name  of  the  state  or  city  forms  the  first 
word.  Thus,  we  have  under  United  States  the  following  three  alphabetic 
arrangements : 

(1)  United  States.    Adjutant  General's  oflSce. 
United  States.    Bureau  of  Education. 
United  States.    Department  of  Agriculture. 

etc. 

(2)  United  States — Antiquities. 
United  States — Biography. 
United  States — History. 

etc. 

(3)  United  States  Agricultural  Society. 
United  States  as  a  world  power. 
United  States  catalogue. 

United  States  Claims  Commission. 
United  States  Life  Insurance  Company, 
etc. 

c)  Under  certain  subjects  the  grouping  of  titles  in  two  or  more  alphabets 
may  likewise  be  called  for.  Examples  are,  the  Sciences  and  Arts;  so 
also  most  subjects  in  Economics,  Sociology,  and  Education.  Under 
Botany,  for  instance,  the  following  arrangement  may  hold  when  the  bulk 
of  the  books  in  that  science  shall  have  been  recatalogued  and  are 
represented  under  the  subject: 

(1)  Botany  (for  general  and  comprehensive  treatises). 
"      — Addresses,  essays,  lectures. 
"      — Analysis  blanks. 
"      — Anatomy. 
"      — Bibliography. 
"      — Biography. 
"      — Bio-bibliography. 
"      — Charts,  diagrams,  etc. 
"      — Classification. 
"      — Collected  works  (for  collections  of  works  by  one  or 

more  authors  dealing  with  Botany  in  general). 
•      — Collections  (for  works  on  general  botanical  collections^ 

specimens,  objects,  etc.). 
«      — Congresses  (for  proceedings  and  publications  of  botani- 
cal congresses). 
"      — Dictionaries. 
"      — Directories. 
"      — Ecology. 
"      — Embryology. 
"      — Exhibitions. 
"      — Geographical  distribution. 
"      — Handbooks,  manuals,  etc. 
"      — Juvenile  and  popular  literature. 


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Botany — Laboratory  manuals. 

"  — Nomenclators. 

"  — Nomenclature. 

"  — Organography. 

"  — Pathology. 

"  — Periodicals. 

"  — Physiology. 

"  — Pictorial  works. 

"  — Pre-Linnean  works. 

"  — Societies. 

"  — Study  and  teaching. 

"  — Terminology. 

"  — Variation. 

"  — Yearbooks. 

(2)  Botany  (local  subdivisions)  e.g. : 
"      — Alabama. 
"      — Delaware. 
"      — France. 
"      — France — Lille. 
"      — France — Paris. 
"      — Georgia. 
"      — New  York. 

"      — New  York — Tompkins  County. 
"      — United  States, 
—etc. 

^(3)  Botany,  Economic. 
"  Medical. 

Arrangement  may  vary  slightly  with  different  headings.  For  instance,  the 
local  subdivisions  may  be  arranged  in  one  alphabet  of  countries,  states,  counties, 
cities,  etc.,  or  as  above  where  counties,  departments,  and  cities  have  been  sub- 
ordinated to  the  country  or  state  in  which  they  are  located.  In  general,  however, 
the  arrangement  wiU  follow  the  plan  indicated  under  Botany.  The  guide  cards 
provided  should  show  at  a  glance  the  arrangement  decided  upon  under  any 
particular  heading.  For  more  special  information  consult  the  List  of  Subject 
Headings  on  top  of  or  near  the  catalogue  case,  for  the  heading  wanted. 

It  should  be  particularly  noted  that  in  the  Dictionary  Catalogue  works  are 
entered  under  the  specific  subject  or  subjects  of  which  they  treat.  For  instance, 
under  Botany  will  be  found  only  general  works  on  Botany.  For  related  sub- 
jects, e.g.,  Botanists,  Climbing  plants.  Color  of  flowers,  Fertihzation  of  plants, 
etc.,  also  for  divisions,  classes,  genera,  and  species  of  the  vegetable  kingdom,  see 
their  names  in  the  general  alphabet.  A  person,  therefore,  who  wishes  to  see  a 
list  of  the  books  which  deal  specifically  with  Mosses  should  look  under  the  head- 
ing Mosses  under  the  letter  M,  not  under  Botany,  under  the  letter  B. 

»  Under  (3)  will  be  found  independent  subjects  which  either  begin  with  the  same  word 
as  the  main  subject,  or  by  inversion  of  headings  are  brought  in  near  proximity  to  it. 


34  THE    UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO 

3.  CATALOGUE  OF  REFERENCE  BOOKS 

At  the  west  end  of  the  Reading-Room  will  be  found  a  catalogue, 

a)  By  authors  and  subjects  in  one  alphabet. 

b)  By  classes. 

This  catalogue  includes  entries  for  books  so  far  definitely  selected  as  reference 
books  and  placed  in  the  Reading-Room,  Cataloguing,  and  Acquisition  depart- 
ments. These  books,  whether  in  the  main  Reading-Room,  in  the  Cataloguing 
Department,  room  M.21,  or  in  the  Acquisition  Department,  room  W.21,  are 
open  for  consultation  by  all  users  of  the  Libraries.  They  may  not  be  withdrawn, 
except  occasionally  for  overnight. 

4.     SERIAL  AND  PERIODICAL  RECORD 

The  ideal  method  of  recording  periodicals  and  other  serial  publications  would 
no  doubt  be  to  enter  each  number,  part,  or  volume  as  received  in  the  main  cata- 
logue in  W.31.  This  is,  however,  quite  impracticable.  Instead,  the  card  for 
each  periodical,  annual,  or  similar  serial  publication  will  ultimately  bear  a  stamp 
which  reads:  "For  additions  see  Serial  Record."  Anyone  wishing,  therefore, 
to  see  a  full  statement  of  what  the  Libraries  possess  of  a  given  serial  should  refer 
to  this  catalogue  kept  in  W.21. 

The  Periodical  Record,  located  in  the  same  room,  records  most  of  the  periodi- 
cals received  up  to  the  time  of  their  binding,  after  which  they  are  entered  on  the 
above-mentioned  Serial  Record.  It  is  hoped  in  time  to  carry  over  to  the  entries 
in  the  public  catalogue  in  W.31  whatever  has  accumulated  on  the  Serial  Record 
under  the  title  of  any  particular  publication.  This  may  be  possible  at  intervals 
of  from  three  to  five  years. 

Series  of  monographs,  e.g.,  "Johns  Hopkins  University  Studies  in  Historical 
and  Political  Science,"  are  not  as  a  rule  recorded  on  the  Serial  Record.  A  state- 
ment of  their  contents  or  what  the  Libraries  possess  of  a  given  aeries  wUl  instead 
be  kept  up  to  date  in  the  public  catalogue  in  W.31. 

5.     OFFICIAL  CATALOGUE 

This  catalogue  is  at  present  in  two  parts:  (o)  the  Official  Dictionary  Cata- 
logue in  M.21,  in  part  duplicating  for  the  use  of  the  staff  the  Main  Dictionary 
Catalogue  in  W.31;  and  (5)  the  Order  Catalogue  in  W.21.  The  latter  as  yet 
represents  the  nearest  approach  to  a  complete  author  catalogue  of  books  in  the 
General  and  Departmental  Libraries.  It  contains  information  in  regard  to  the 
price  paid,  if  a  book  is  purchased,  or  the  source,  if  obtained  through  exchange  or 
gift,  also  in  most  cases  the  department  to  which  it  has  been  assigned.  It  is  now 
in  process  of  rearrangement  into  one  alphabet  and  when  this  has  been  completed 
it  will  be  merged  with  the  Official  Dictionary  Catalogue  in  M.21,  thus  reducing 
the  number  of  places  in  which  it  is  now  necessary  to  look  for  information  in  regard 
to  books  in  the  various  libraries. 

6.     DEPOSITORY  CATALOGUE 

This  contains  in  alphabetic  order  of  authors,  a  record  of  books  in  the  Library 
of  Congress  at  Washington,  the  John  Crerar  Library,  Chicago,  and  in  part  the 
Harvard  College  Library  at  Cambridge,  Mass.  It  is  open  for  consultation  by  all 
users  of  the  Libraries.    It  is  located  in  M.21. 


THE    LIBRARIES  35 


7.     CATALOGUES  OP  DEPARTMENTAL  LIBRARIES 

The  Departmental  Libraries  outside  of  the  Harper  Memorial  Library  build- 
ing have  in  all  cases  author  catalogues,  more  or  less  complete.  In  addition,  some 
of  them  have  also  subject  catalogues  covering  at  least  a  part  of  their  collections. 
The  Departmental  Libraries  in  the  Harper  Memorial  Library  building  are 
similarly  supphed. 

It  is  planned  to  furnish  each  Departmental  Library  one  copy  of  every 
printed  card  obtained  for  a  work  in  that  Library  (analytical  entries,  i.e.,  entries 
for  parts  of  works  excepted),  this  card  to  be  used  as  an  author  entry;  to  furnish 
also  a  second  copy  of  such  card  for  Departmental  Libraries  outside  of  the  Harper 
Memorial  Library,  to  be  used  as  a  shelf-list  or  classed  catalogue  entry.  These 
catalogues  will  be  installed  gradually  in  connection  with  the  recataloguing  of  the 
Libraries. 

The  Departmental  catalogues  will  accordingly  furnish  merely  a  rough  guide 
to  works  in  a  particular  Library.  For  full  data  on  the  works  of  any  given  author 
in  the  University  Libraries,  or  on  the  resources  of  the  Libraries  on  anj'  one  sub- 
ject, the  catalogue  in  W.31,  Harper  Memorial  Library,  must  be  consulted. 


VI.     INDEXES 

Various  general  and  special  indexes  are  placed  on  tables  near  the  main  cata- 
logue in  W.31.  Entries  in  these  indexes  are  with  few  exceptions  not  to  be 
found  in  the  card  catalogues  and  should  therefore  be  considered  as  a  supplement 
to  the  latter.  DupUcates  of  the  most  important  indexes  will  be  found  also  in  the 
Periodical  Reading-Room.  The  International  Catalogue  of  Scientific  Literature 
has  been  distributed  among  the  various  libraries  of  the  Biological  and  Physical 
departments.  The  cards  of  the  Concilium  Bibliographicum  of  Ziirich  are  located 
in  the  Biology  Library,  except  that  the  cards  which  deal  with  Physiology 
are  kept  in  the  Physiology  Building,  and  those  which  deal  with  Anatomy 
in  the  Anatomy  Building. 

VII.     REFERENCE  BOOKS 

1.  The  main  collection  of  reference  books  wiU  be  found  in  the  general 
Reading-Room,  beginning  at  the  left  of  the  west  entrance  with  the  class  AE, 
General  Encyclopedias. 

Note. — Some  of  the  most  important  of  the  foreign  encyclopedias  are  shelved  in 
M .  21,  Cataloguing  Department. 

After  the  encyclopedias  follow  in  order  the  various  classes  from  B  to  Z, 
except  that  after  A  are  placed  a  number  of  dictionaries  which  would  ordinarily 
stand  in  class  P,  Philology.  In  class  Z  (BibUography)  will  be  found  a  number  of 
important  subject  catalogues,  yearbooks,  and  indexes  (particularly  of  U.S.  gov- 
ernment pubhcations).  Among  these  should  be  noted  as  of  special  importance 
for  all  students  the  following: 

(1)  Subject  Index  of  the  modern  works  added  to  the  British  Museum 
in  the  years  1881-1910. 


36  THE    UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO 

(2)  List  of  books  forming  the  reference  library  in  the  Reading-Room 
of  the  British  Museum. 

Vol.  1.  Authors. 

Vol.  2.  Index  of  subjects. 

(3)  Sonnenschein's  "The  Best  Books,"  1910- 

(4)  United  States  catalogue. 
After  Bibliography  follow: 

o)  Reserved  books,  which  are  kept  on  open  shelves. 

6)  New  books,  that  is  to  say,  certain  recent  acquisitions  which  are  here 
exhibited  for  ten  days. 

REFERENCE  BOOEB  FOR  DEBATERS 

2.  Among  the  Aids  to  Debaters  accessible  in  the  Reading-Room  are  the 
following : 

Brookings   and   Ringwalt.     Briefs   for   Debates   on   Current   Political, 

Economic,  and  Social  Topics.     1911. 
Foster,  W.  T.     Argumentations  and  Debating.     1908. 
Matson,  H.     References  for  Literary  Workers.     1911. 
Nichols,  E.  R.    Intercollegiate  Debates.    Yearbook  of  College  Debating. 

1912. 
Pearson,  P.  M.     Intercollegiate  Debates.     Briefs  and  Reports.     1909. 
Ringwalt,  R.  C.     Briefs  on  Public  Questions.     1908. 
Selected  Articles  on  Direct  Primaries.     1905. 
"Debaters'  Handbook"  Series.     1909-11. 

3.  Special  reference  collections  are  located  as  follows: 
E.31 — Historical  Group 

W.41 — Modern  Language  Group 
W.  51— Philosophy 

M .  21 — Cataloguing  Department,  including  foreign  encyclopedias, 
national  biographical  dictionaries  for  Great  Britain,  Austria, 
Germany,  Netherlands,  etc.;  catalogues  of  the  British  Museumi 
Bibliothfeque  Nationale,  Peabody  Institute  Library,  Boston 
Athenaeum,  Astor  Library,  Advocates'  Library  of  Edinburgh, 
London  Library,  etc.  (compare  also  statement  on  Depository 
Catalogue) ;  official  yearbooks,  etc. 

Important  national  and  subject  bibliographies  will  be  found, 
both  in  the  Cataloguing  Department  and  in  the  general  Reading- 
Room  (class  Z). 
W.21 — Acquisition  Department.     Here  are  kept  trade  bibliographies, 
record  of  book  prices,  sales  and  auction  catalogues,  directories 
of  publishers  and  book  sellers. 
The  fact  that  a  book  is  permanently  located  in  the  Reference  collection  is 
indicated  on  the  catalogue  cards  immediately  below  the  call  number.     The 
abbreviation  RR  stands  for  the  general  Reading-Room,  CAT  for  the  Cata- 
loguing Department,  ACQ  for  the  Acquisition  Department,  Mod. Lang,  for  the 
Modern  Language  Library,  Hist,  for  the  History  Library. 


THE    LIBRARIES  37 


VIII.     RARE  BOOK  ROOM 

Books  which  for  any  reason  it  seems  advisable  to  withdraw  from  the  refer- 
ence collections  or  the  general  stacks  are  kept  in  room  M .  22.  The  location  of 
these  books  is  indicated  by  a  note  "Rare  Book  Room"  after  the  call  number. 

IX.     PERIODICALS 
A.     CURRENT  NUMBERS 

Six  hundred  and  ten  periodicals  are  on  file  in  the  Periodical  Room  at  the 
south  end  of  the  Law  Library,  third  floor.  Of  this  number  about  one-fifth  are 
kept  here  for  two  weeks  only  and  are  then  sent  to  the  departmental  library  to 
which  they  belong.  The  periodicals  taken  by  the  scientific  libraries,  Astronomy, 
Chemistry,  Physics,  Mathematics,  Biology  and  Geology,  are  not  filed  in  the 
general  periodical  room  but  in  the  departmental  libraries. 
B.     BOUND  VOLUMES 

Sets  of  the  following  periodicals  are  shelved  on  the  walls  of  the  Periodical 
Room: 

Academy  Harper's  Weekly 

American  Journal  of  Sociology  Independent 

American  Magazine  Journal  of  Political  Economy 

American  Review  of  Reviews  Lippincotts 

Annals  of  the  American  Academy  of         Literary  Digest 

PoUtical  and  Social  Science  Living  Age 

Arena  McClure's  Magazine 

Athenaeum  Nation 

Atlantic  Nineteenth  Century 

Blackwoods  North  American  Review 

Bookman  Outing 

Century  Outlook 

Chautauquan  Pohtical  Science  Quarterly 

Contemporary  Review  Popular  Science  Monthly 

Cosmopolitan  Quarterly  Journal  of  Economics 

Critic  Quarterly  Review 

Current  Literature  Science 

Dial  Scientific  American  and  Supplement 

Edinburgh  Review  Scribner's 

Everybody's  Magazine  Survey 

Fortnightly  Review  Westminster  Review 

Forum  World  To-day 

Harper's  Magazine  World's  Work 

These  are  all  indexed  in  "Poole,"  "Cumulative"  or  other  indexes,  available 
for  consultation  in  W.31  or  in  the  Periodical  Reading-Room.  Other  periodicals 
of  a  general  nature  are  shelved  on  the  floor  below  the  Periodical  Room,  the  second 
floor  of  the  Law  Library.  Periodicals  which  deal  with  special  subjects  are  as 
a  rule  shelved  in  the  stacks  with  their  subjects. 

X.     ATLASES  AND  MAPS 

Certain  atlases,  geographical,  historical,  etc.,  are  shelved  in  the  main 
Reading-Room.  Others  are  in  the  stacks  of  the  various  Departmental  Libraries. 
The  largest  collection  of  topographical  and  geological  maps  will  be  found  in  the 
Geology  and  Geography  Library,  Walker  Museum;  statistical  maps,  in  room 
E.41  Harper  Library. 


38  THE    UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO 

XI.    THESES 

Doctors'  theses  of  the  University  are  printed.  They  are  classified  like  other 
books  under  their  subjects.  Masters'  theses  are  typewritten.  They  are  in  the 
new  classification  placed  under  the  last  number  of  the  class  to  which  they  belong, 
e.g.,  Masters'  theses  on  French  history  are  marked  DC999,  on  American  politics 
JK9999,  on  American  history  F9999. 

Doctors'  theses  are  fully  catalogued,  usually  being  represented  by  printed 
cards  under  author  and  subject  in  the  various  catalogues.  Masters'  theses,  on 
the  other  hand,  are  represented  in  the  public  catalogue  in  W.31  only  by  a  type- 
written card  under  the  name  of  the  author  with  brief  entry  under  the  subject. 
On  the  shelf-list  in  M .  22  and  in  the  official  catalogue  in  M .  21  they  are  also  repre- 
sented by  manuscript  or  typewritten  entries. 

XII.    SPECIAL  COLLECTIONS 

Of  collections  presented  to  the  University  and  at  present  located  in  the 
Harper  Memorial  Library  the  following  deserve  special  mention: 

The  Ebenezer  S.  Lane  collection  of  about  9,000  volumes,  given  by  Mr. 
Ebenezer  Lane  and  Miss  Fannie  G.  Lane  of  Chicago,  in  memory  of  their  father, 
by  whom  it  was  collected.  It  consists  chiefly  of  books  in  the  field  of  history,  art, 
and  Uterature,  and  is  now  in  process  of  being  catalogued  and  classified.  Of  the 
collection  3,000  volumes  have  by  the  terms  of  the  gift  been  set  aside  to  be  used 
only  by  professors  and  advanced  students,  and  not  to  be  withdrawn  from  the 
building.     They  may  be  consulted  in  W.62. 

Of  the  Emil  G.  Hirsch-Bernays  collection  somewhat  over  1,000  volumes 
representing  German  literature  of  the  period  from  Lessing  to  1800  have  been 
installed  in  room  W.42,  the  Graduate  Reading-Room  of  the  Modern  Language 
Group  Library.     The  remainder  of  the  collection  is  in  the  general  stacks. 

The  Erskine  M.  Phelps  collection  of  Napoleana  consists  of  books,  pictures, 
busts,  decorations,  medaUions,  etc.  With  the  exception  of  the  books  (now  in  the 
Director's  office,  M .  27)  this  collection  has  been  provisionally  installed  in  room 

E .  32  of  the  East  Tower.  Persons  desiring  access  to  it  should  apply  at  the  desk 
of  the  Graduate  Reading-Room,  E.31,  or  at  M.2.5. 

A  collection  of  Japanese  sword  guards  and  sword  furniture,  the  gift  of  Dr. 

F.  W.  Gunsaulus,  has  been  placed  in  the  Haskell  Oriental  Museum,  3d  floor.  It 
is  accompanied  by  a  descriptive  catalogue  and  a  number  of  books,  the  latter  being 
shelved  in  the  Director's  office,  M .  27.  For  this  collection  and  others  of  similar 
character  a  historical  museum  is  greatly  needed. 

The  Butler-Gunsaulus  collection  of  manuscripts,  consisting  chiefly  of  letters 
of  American  statesmen,  Washington,  Lincoln,  Jefferson,  etc.,  is  in  the  Manu- 
script Room,  E.30.  Pending  the  appointment  of  a  curator  of  manuscripts 
and  the  installation  of  equipment  for  their  proper  care,  it  will  be  necessary  to 
restrict  somewhat  the  use  of  this  and  similar  collections,  which  include  also  valu- 
able letters  presented  by  Mrs.  Emma  B.  Hodge,  the  manuscripts  of  the  Durrett 
collection,  and  similar  material  previously  obtained  for  the  Historical  Museum, 
but  not  as  yet  available  for  consultation. 

For  a  list  of  other  manuscripts  owned  by  the  Libraries  the  reader  should  con- 
sult Goodspeed,  Catalogue  of  Manuscripts  in  the  University  of  Chicago  Libraries. 


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The  Durrett  Collection,  obtained  in  the  spring  of  1913,  but  not  as  yet  cata- 
logued or  shelved,  will  strengthen  the  resources  of  the  Libraries  mainly  in  southern 
and  early  western  history.  It  was  brought  together  by  Col.  Reuben  T.  Durrett 
during  the  period  from  1856  to  the  present  year.  It  is  unusually  rich  in  manu- 
script material,  important  for  the  history  of  the  South  and  the  West.  It  contains 
the  Gardoqui  transcripts  from  the  Spanish  archives,  the  Haldimand  transcripts 
from  the  Canadian  archives,  the  McAfee  papers,  Shelby  papers,  journals  of  all 
the  early  Kentucky  conventions,  journals  and  letters  of  early  western  pioneers, 
and  of  leading  men  of  the  western  states,  e.g.,  Adair,  Boone,  Beatty;  Butler's 
journal  1785-1786,  John  Bowman's  letters,  1778-1780;  letters  of  George  R. 
Clarke;  account  of  Celeron's  expedition,  1749;  Professor  Dewees'  (University  of 
Pennsylvania)  diary;  papers  of  the  Democratic  Society  of  Lexington,  Ky.,  1794; 
depositions  of  Boone,  Ballard,  and  Judge  Sebastian  and  many  others;  journals 
or  diaries  of  Floyd,  Fleming,  Gist,  Gordon,  Greenup,  1774-1825;  Hart's  papers; 
journals  of  Hind,  Hickman,  Hite,  Henderson,  Hamilton,  Thomas  Walker,  and 
Croghan,  1750-1815;   papers  of  Innes,  Marshall,  and  Wilkinson,  etc. 

The  collection  of  Kentuckiana  is  as  nearly  complete  as  such  a  collection  can 
well  be,  containing  in  addition  to  the  manuscript  material  mentioned  above,  the 
official  pubhcations  of  the  state  governments,  journals  of  conventions,  court 
reports,  debates  of  different  conventions,  and  the  great  majority  of  books  written 
about  Kentucky. 

Next  to  Kentucky,  Virginia  is  the  state  best  represented,  although  there  are 
many  valuable  books  treating  of  the  various  other  states  of  the  South  and  West. 

The  maps  and  particularly  the  newspapers  are  of  great  importance.  Of  the 
newspapers  a  file  of  the  National  Intelligencer  covering  the  early  decades  of  the 
nineteenth  century  may  be  mentioned;  so  also  Kentucky  papers,  particularly 
from  1798  to  1850,  notably  files  of  the  Lexington  Gazette  and  of  the  Louisville 
Courier  for  several  years  prior  to  the  Civil  War;  there  are  in  addition,  partial 
files  of  other  papers  important  for  the  history  of  the  Ohio  Valley  and  the  Middle 
West.  Many  of  the  magazines  pubUshed  in  the  West  prior  to  1870  are  repre- 
sented by  more  or  less  complete  files. 

It  is  beUeved  that  when  this  collection  has  been  properly  installed  and  made 
accessible,  the  University  of  Chicago  will  offer  to  the  students  of  American  history 
as  important  a  collection  of  source  material  for  the  period  from  1776-1860  as 
any  institution  in  the  Middle  West,  with  one  exception. 


XIII.     NUMBER  OF  BOOKS  IN  THE  LIBRARIES  AND  SPACE 
FOR  READERS 

A.    IN  HARPER  MEMORIAL  LIBRARY 

Books      Readers 

General  Library 100,747  400 

Historical  Group 62,941  96 

Modern  Language  Group 43,766  48 

Philosophy 5,674  28 


213,728  572 


40  THE    UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO 

B.    IN  OTHER  LIBRARIES 

Books  Readers 

Astronomy  (Yerkes  Observatory) 2,511  20 

Biological  Group 22,115  24 

Chemistry 3,182  12 

Classical  Group 33,153  44 

Divinity  School  and  Semitics 30,257  56 

Geology,  Geography,  and  Paleontology 9,900  38 

Hitchcock 1,522  10 

Law  School 36,963  168 

Mathematics  and  Astronomy 7,738  12 

Physics 3,550  10 

Psychology 1,292  16 

Public  Speaking 453 

School  of  Education 29,035  203 

181,671  633 

Total  in  all  Libraries *394,790  1,205 

•  These  figures  cover  only  books  catalogued  and  on  the  shelves,  each  representing  a 
separate  bound  volume.  That  is,  ten  volumes  boimd  in  one  are  counted  as  one,  not  as 
ten  volumes. 


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PART  IV 
RULES  AND  REGULATIONS 


I.    ORGANIZATION  AND  OFFICERS 

1.  The  University  Libraries  are  under  the  general  charge  of  a  Director,  who 
is  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  from  the  members  of  the  University 
Faculties  and  who  is,  under  the  President,  the  chief  executive  officer  of  the 
Libraries. 

2.  The  Associate  Director  is,  under  the  President  and  Director,  the  chief 
executive  officer  in  all  the  internal  affairs  of  the  Libraries,  and  acts  for  the  Direc- 
tor in  the  absence  of  the  latter. 

3.  Other  Library  officers  are  (a)  The  Library  Advisers;  (6)  The  Heads 
of  the  administrative  departments  of  the  Libraries,  or  Assistants  in  charge; 
(c)  Librarians  of  the  University  Libraries,  or  Assistants  in  charge. 

4.  A  Library  Adviser  is  appointed  for  each  department  or  group  of  depart- 
ments, by  the  President  on  recommendation  of  the  department  or  departments 
concerned.     The  Director  appoints  a  Library  Adviser  for  the  General  Library. 

Heads  of  the  administrative  departments  are  nominated  to  the  President 
by  the  Director;  Officers  of  Departmental  Libraries  are  nominated  to  the  Presi- 
dent by  the  concurrent  action  of  the  Director  and  the  Library  Adviser  of  the 
department  or  departments  concerned.  Other  members  of  the  staff  are  appointed 
by  the  Director,  or  by  him  nominated  to  the  President. 

5.  The  Libraries  of  the  University  include: 

a)  The  General  Library; 

b)  The  Departmental  Libraries; 

c)  The  House  Libraries. 

6.  Departmental  Libraries  are  formed  under  the  following  conditions: 

a)  The  Departmental  Library  contains  books  specially  needed  in  connec- 
tion with  the  work  of  investigation  and  instruction  of  a  particular  depart- 
ment, group  of  departments,  school,  or  college  of  the  University. 

b)  The  books  are  placed  in  a  single  room,  or  connecting  rooms  with  a  single 
common  entrance. 

c)  A  common  author  catalogue  and,  when  practicable,  a  subject  catalogue 
is  made.     Books  and  cards  are  marked  upon  a  uniform  system. 

d)  An  Adviser  for  each  library  is  appointed  by  the  President  in  consultation 
with  the  departments  concerned. 

c)  The  Library  Adviser  of  a  Departmental  Library  representing  a  school 
or  group  of  departments  is  ex-officio  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Libraries. 


42  THE    UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO 

f)  No  Departmental  Library  changes  its  location  without  the  permission 
of  the  Board  of  Libraries. 

g)  Departmental  Libraries  are  subject  to  the  general  rules  of  the  Libraries. 
Special  rules  adopted  for  any  Departmental  Library  by  the  departments 
concerned  are  reported  to  the  Board  of  Libraries  through  the  Director  for 
approval  by  the  Board.  In  the  intervals  between  the  meetings  of  the 
Board  of  Libraries  such  rules  may  be  authorized  by  the  Director. 

7.  Departmental  Libraries  have  been  authorized  and  established  for  the 
following  schools,  groups,  and  departments: 

a)  The  Divinity  School  (Semitic  Languages,  Biblical  and  Patristic  Greek, 
Church  History,  Systematic  Theology,  Practical  Theology,  Comparative 
Religion) ; 

h)  The  School  of  Education; 

c)  The  Law  School; 

d)  Philosophy; 

e)  Psychology; 

/)  The  History  and  Social  Science  Group  (Political  Economy,  Political 
Science,  History,  Sociology,  Practical  Sociology,  Anthropology,  House- 
hold Administration,  Commerce  and  Administration) ; 

g)  The  Classical  Group  (Sanskrit  and  Comparative  Philology,  Greek,  Latin, 
History  of  Art) ; 

h)  The. Modern  Language  Group  (Romance,  Germanic,  English); 

i)  Mathematics  and  Astronomy  (at  the  University) ; 

j)  Astronomy  (at  the  Yerkes  Observatory) ; 

k)  Physics; 

I)  Chemistry; 

m)  Geology,  Geography,  and  Paleontology; 

n)  The  Biological  Group  (Zoology,  Anatomy,  Physiology,  Physiological 
Chemistry,  Botany,  Pathology,  Bacteriology); 

6)  Public  Speaking. 

8.  The  Administrative  Departments  of  the  Libraries  are  three: 

a)  The  Acquisition  Department  has  charge  of  the  acquisition  of  books  and 
other  pubUcations  for  the  Libraries  of  the  University,  whether  by  pur- 
chase, exchange,  or  gift;  also  of  binding,  and  of  the  purchase  of  equipment 
and  supplies. 

h)  The  Cataloguing  Department  catalogues  and  classifies  the  books  and  other 
publications  possessed  or  acquired  by  the  University  Libraries. 

c)  The  Readers'  Department  is  charged  with  the  execution  of  all  regulations 
relating  to  the  use  and  circulation  of  books,  and  is  responsible  for  the 
physical  care  of  the  books  and  other  similar  possessions  of  the  Libraries. 

II.     ACQUISITION  OF  BOOKS 

9.  Orders  for  the  purchase  of  books  are  signed 

a)  in  the  case  of  the  Departmental  Libraries  by  a  member  of  each  depart- 
ment appointed  by  the  department  or  by  the  head  of  the  department; 
h)  in  the  case  of  the  General  Library  by  a  person  appointed  by  the  Director. 


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10.  Orders  for  books  are  in  effect  requisitions;  they  are  approved  by  the 
Director  of  the  Libraries,  who  in  this  matter  acts  as  the  deputy  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Expenditures  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

11.  An  order  for  a  dupHcate  of  a  book  already  owned  by  the  Libraries  is 
returned  to  the  person  with  whom  it  originated  with  information  to  this  effect, 
and  is  taken  up  by  the  Director  for  approval  only  on  information  from  the  depart- 
ment that  a  dupUcate  is  desired. 

12.  The  Director  refers  to  the  Board  of  Libraries  orders  for  duplicates  of 
extensive  collections  of  books,  and  other  orders  the  filling  of  which  is  in  his  judg- 
ment of  doubtful  wisdom. 

13.  The  Acquisition  Department  immediately  notifies  the  proper  depart- 
mental officer  in  case  the  funds  on  hand  in  the  department  are  not  sufficient  to 
cover  an  order  for  books. 

14.  Books  acquired  by  gift  or  exchange  are  assigned  by  the  Director  to  the 
General  Library  or  to  a  Departmental  Library.  Appeal  may  be  made  from  his 
decision  to  the  Board  of  Libraries. 

15.  Books  are  permanently  or  temporarily  transferred  from  one  library  to 
another  by  mutual  agreement  of  the  representatives  of  the  Libraries  concerned. 
Permanent  transfers  are  made  through  the  Acquisition  Department,  and  record 
of  them  preserved  by  that  department,  catalogue  and  classification  records  being 
changed  by  the  Cataloguing  Department. 

16.  The  Acquisition  Department  keeps  a  Ust  of  Ubraries  and  other  institu- 
tions to  which  the  various  official  publications  of  the  University,  including 
dissertations,  are  regularly  sent,  and  receives  recommendations  and  instruction 
with  reference  to  changes  in  this  list. 

17.  The  Acquisition  Department  keeps  a  record  of  all  books  and  periodicals 
received  by  e.xchange  and  given  in  exchange,  and  co-operates  with  the  Press  in 
arranging  for  exchanges.  All  proposals  for  exchange  of  University  publications 
for  pubUcations  to  be  received  by  the  Libraries  are  reported  to  the  Acquisition 
Department  before  the  arrangement  is  consummated. 


III.    BINDING  OF  BOOKS 

18.  Binding  orders  for  books  in  Departmental  Libraries  outside  the  General 
Library  Building,  including  volumes  of  periodicals,  are  prepared  by  the  Depart- 
mental Library  concerned,  and  are  submitted  with  the  book  to  the  Acquisition 
Department;  other  binding  orders  are  prepared  by  the  Acquisition  Department. 
Suggestions  for  binding  may  originate  with  any  officer  of  the  Libraries  or  of  the 
department  concerned. 

19.  Binding  orders  are  in  effect  requisitions  and  are,  as  in  the  case  of  book 
orders,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Director. 


44  THE    UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO 

IV.    USE  OF  THE  LIBRARIES  BY  READERS 

CLASSES   OF   LIBRARIES   WITH   RESPECT  TO    USE 

20.  The  General  Library  is  a  reference  and  circulating  library. 

21 .  The  Departraental  Libraries  are  reference  and  research  libraries  designed 
primarily  for  the  use  of  the  members  of  the  Faculties  and  of  students  doing 
advanced  work. 

THE    USE    OF   BOOKS   IN    THE    LIBRARIES 

22.  The  Reading-Room  of  the  General  Library  and  that  of  the  Library  of 
the  School  of  Education  are  open  to 

c)  All  members  of  the  University; 

b)  Former  members  of  the  Faculties  and  former  students  of  the  University. 
So  far  as  the  limits  of  space  permit  they  are  also  open  to 

c)  Members  of  other  educational  institutions  in  the  vicinity,  and  residents 
of  Chicago  engaged  in  serious  study; 

d)  Scholars  visiting  Chicago; 

e)  Employees  of  the  University. 

23.  The  Departmental  Libraries  are  open,  as  reference  libraries,  to  members 
of  the  Faculties  of  the  University,  to  Trustees  and  administrative  officers,  and  to 
students  pursuing  advanced  studies  in  any  department.  Other  persons  of  the 
classes  named  in  22  make  use  of  them  if  permitted  by  the  regulations  of  a  particu- 
lar library,  or  in  special  cases  are  granted  the  privilege  by  the  Director  or,  in 
respect  to  a  given  Library,  by  the  Adviser  of  that  Library. 

24.  Any  person  making  use  of  the  Libraries  may  be  called  upon  to  register 
his  name,  residence,  and  occupation. 

25.  Marking  or  mutilation  of  books  or  other  publications  is  forbidden. 

THE   CIRCULATION   OF   BOOKS:     GENERAL   RULES 

26.  No  book,  map,  manuscript,  periodical,  pamphlet,  print,  or  other  article 
is  taken  from  any  Library,  by  any  person,  unless  record  of  withdrawal  is  made 
at  the  time.  Any  person  drawing  a  book  from  the  Libraries  or  having  it  charged 
against  him  for  use  in  the  Library  is  responsible  for  it  until  it  has  been  returned 
to  the  attendant  and  due  record  of  such  return  has  been  made. 

27.  General  encyclopedias,  dictionaries,  and  such  other  books  as  the 
Libraries  deem  necessary  to  withdraw  from  outside  circulation  are  used  in  the 
Library  only. 

28.  Unbound  numbers  of  periodicals  are  used  in  the  Library  only,  but 
other  numbers  than  the  last  may  be  drawn  for  overnight  use.  Exceptions  to 
this  rule  are  made  by  departmental  rules  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Board 
of  Libraries.  Bound  volumes  and  duplicate  copies  of  periodicals  are  subject 
to  the  general  rules  for  bound  books. 

THE   CIRCULATION   OF   BOOKS   IN   THE   UNIVERSITY 

29.  Subject  to  the  rules  respecting  circulation  and  the  general  regulations 
of  the  Libraries,  members  of  the  University  (including  Trustees,  administrative 


THE    LIBRARIES  45 


officers,  members  of  the  Faculties,  and  registered  students)  and  employees  of  the 
University  have  the  privilege  of  drawing  books  from  the  General  Library  and  the 
Library  of  the  School  of  Education  for  use  outside  of  the  Libraries.  Books  belong- 
ing to  the  Departmental  Libraries  are  reserved  for  use  in  the  Library,  or  circulate 
under  the  following  rules  (30-38). 

30.  No  person  not  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  or  of  the  Faculties 
may  withdraw  from  the  Circulating  Libraries  more  than  three  volumes  at  a  time, 
nor  may  the  total  number  drawn  and  not  returned  at  any  time  exceed  three. 
This  limitation  does  not  apply  to  books  drawn  on  Faculty  order.  In  exceptional 
cases  a  student  engaged  in  research  may  be  allowed  to  exceed  this  number  at  the 
discretion  of  the  officer  in  charge. 

31.  In  respect  to  circulation,  books  are  of  four  classes: 

A.  General  encylopedias,  dictionaries,  and  various  other  books  are  reserved 
for  use  in  the  Library  only. 

B.  Certain  other  books,  retaining  their  regular  place  on  the  open  shelves 
or  in  the  stacks,  are  reserved  for  use  in  the  Library  during  Library  hours, 
but  are  loaned  for  home  use  overnight. 

C.  Books  temporarily  withdrawn  from  their  regular  place  on  the  shelves 
and  reserved  for  use  in  connection  with  particular  courses  of  instruction 
are  given  out  at  the  delivery  desk  for  use  in  the  Library  during  Library 
hours,  but  are  loaned  for  home  use  overnight. 

D.  Books  not  falling  under  any  of  the  above  classes  are  given  out  for  home 
use  at  any  hour. 

The  General  Library  has  books  of  all  four  classes.  Departmental  Libraries 
assign  their  books  to  any  one  or  more  of  the  classes,  as  is  deemed  best. 

32.  Books  of  classes  B,  C,  and  D  are  drawn  by  students  and  other  persons 
having  like  privileges,  under  the  following  rules: 

o)  In  the  Library  of  the  School  of  Education  and  in  those  Departmental 
Libraries  not  open  after  6:00  p.m.,  books  of  classes  B  and  C  are  given  out 
at  5:00  p.m. 

6)  In  the  General  Library  and  in  Departmental  Libraries  open  in  the  evening 
(except  the  School  of  Education  Library),  books  of  classes  B  and  C  are 
given  out  at  9:00  p.m.:  provided,  however,  that  of  books  of  which  there 
are  several  copies  all  copies  not  required  for  evening  use  in  the  Library 
may  be  given  out  after  5:00  p.m.,  and  that  in  Departmental  Libraries 
having  no  books  of  class  D,  books  of  class  B  may  be  given  out  at  5 :  00  p.m. 

c)  All  books  loaned  for  overnight  use  are  returned  the  following  morning 
within  ten  minutes  of  the  close  of  the  first  lecture  period,  Sundays  and 
hohdays  not  being  reckoned.  In  the  Law  School  books  must  be  returned 
before  8:15  a.m. 

d)  Books  of  class  D  may  be  drawn  for  two  weeks  (from  the  School  of  Educa- 
tion Library  for  one  week  only),  and  may  be  renewed  for  the  same  period. 
But  any  book  so  drawn  is  subject  to  immediate  recall  if  needed  in  the 
Library  for  purposes  of  research. 

33.  Books  loaned  by  the  General  Library  or  the  Library  of  the  School  of 
Education,  except  volumes  drawn  for  overnight  use,  may  be  renewed  by  written 


46  THE    UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO 

notice  addressed  to  the  Library  from  which  the  book  is  drawn.  The  receipt  of 
such  notice  by  the  Library  before  the  expiration  of  the  time-limit  is  the  only 
evidence  which  is  accepted  that  application  for  renewal  has  been  made. 

34.  Trustees  of  the  University  and  members  of  the  Faculties  have  the  privi- 
lege of  drawing  from  the  General  Library  and  from  the  Library  of  the  School  of 
Education  books  open  to  circulation  and  of  retaining  them  till  the  end  of  the 
current  quarter.  Books  so  drawn  may  be  once  renewed  at  the  end  of  the  quarter 
for  another  quarter,  if  not  required  by  others  having  the  same  privilege;  but 
another  appUcation  for  the  book  has  prior  claim  over  that  of  the  person  who  has 
held  it  for  30  days.  Anyone  desiring  to  use  in  the  Library  a  book  drawn  out  by 
an  instructor  notifies  the  officer  in  charge,  who  may  then  request  the  immediate 
return  of  the  book  to  the  Library.  Near  the  end  of  each  quarter  each  person 
drawing  books  under  this  rule  receives  a  Ust  of  books  charged  to  him,  returns 
those  drawn  in  a  previous  quarter,  and  either  returns  or  renews  those  drawn  in 
the  current  quarter.  Books  drawn  after  the  sending  of  the  notice  are  counted 
on  the  new  quarter. 

In  this  and  the  following  rules,  the  Autumn  Quarter  is  understood  to  include 
the  vacations  in  September  and  December,  and  the  Winter  Quarter  to  include 
the  vacation  in  March. 

35.  Fellows  have  the  privilege  of  drawing  from  their  Departmental  Library 
books  open  to  circulation  and  of  retaining  them  till  the  end  of  the  current  quarter. 
A  book  needed  by  another  appUcant  may  be  recalled  by  the  oflBcer  in  charge. 
Each  Fellow  receives  near  the  end  of  the  quarter  a  list  of  books  charged  to  him 
and  returns  the  books  before  the  end  of  the  quarter.  No  book  so  returned  can 
be  re-drawn  by  the  same  person  till  after  three  days.  Books  drawn  after  the 
quarterly  notice  are  counted  on  the  new  quarter.  Advanced  students  to  whom 
are  assigned  special  desks  in  the  departmental  reading-rooms  may  retain  their 
books  on  their  desks  under  hke  conditions. 

36.  The  same  privilege  granted  to  Fellows  in  the  drawing  of  books  is  extended 
to  other  resident  students  engaged  in  the  preparation  of  theses  or  other  research 
work  of  a  similar  advanced  character  at  the  option  of  the  department  concerned. 
A  fist  of  all  students  to  whom  this  privilege  is  granted  is  kept  where  it  may  be 
at  any  time  consulted  by  the  Library  attendants  in  the  Departmental  Library 
concerned. 

37.  A  member  of  the  Faculties  may  grant  permission  to  draw  books  in  his 
name  from  any  Departmental  Library  whose  rules  do  not  forbid  it,  on  the  follow- 
ing conditions: 

o)  Such  permission  must  be  in  writing  over  the  autograph  signature  of  the 
person  granting  it. 

b)  Such  permission  is  only  for  the  particular  book  and  person  named,  and 
is  not  operative  against  the  rules  of  a  particular  Library;  and  does  not 
apply  to  books  of  class  A  (see  Rule  31). 

c)  The  instructor  granting  such  permission  is  personally  liable  in  case  the 
book  is  lost  or  injured. 

d)  The  time  limit  on  such  permission  is  two  weeks  unless  otherwise  stated 


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by  the  instructor,  and  in  no  case  extends  beyond  the  end  of  the  quarter 
in  which  it  is  drawn  unless  drawn  in  the  last  ten  days  of  a  quarter. 

e)  The  authority  to  issue  such  permission  does  not  belong  to  the  Fellows. 

/)  Renewals  may  be  made  at  the  end  of  the  period  named  under  the  condi- 
tions named  in  the  previous  sections;  other  applicants  have  precedence 
over  the  person  requesting  renewal;  and  no  book  drawn  under  this 
rule  may  be  retained  beyond  the  end  of  the  quarter  in  which  it  is  drawn, 
or  be  re-drawn  by  the  same  person  within  3  days. 

g)  Any  Departmental  Library  may  in  accordance  with  Rule  6  g)  curtail  the 
privileges  herein  stated  or  shorten  the  periods  named,  but  may  not 
lengthen  them. 

38.  Books  may  be  withdrawn  from  Departmental  Libraries  for  permanent 
keeping  in  laboratories  or  museums  only  when  they  are  duplicate  copies  of  books 
retained  in  a  Departmental  Library.  Such  duphcates  are  removed  to  a  labora- 
tory or  museum  room  only  when  a  locked  case  is  there  provided  for  shelving  them. 
They  are  under  the  supervision  of  the  instructor  who  has  charge  of  the  room,  or 
someone  designated  by  him,  who  also  keeps  the  keys  to  the  case.  They  are 
inspected  regularly  by  the  Head  of  the  Readers'  Department  and  the  Depart- 
mental Librarian  or  Library  Adviser.  Such  books  are  not  withdrawn  except 
upon  written  permission  of  the  instructor  in  charge.  Access  to  them  is  not  denied 
to  other  instructors  in  any  department. 

39.  Keys  to  a  library  room  are  given  out  only  on  the  written  order  of  the 
Library  Adviser  of  the  Library  concerned,  or  other  designated  representative 
of  the  department  concerned.  In  every  case  a  record  is  kept  of  the  name  and 
address  of  the  person  to  whom  a  key  is  issued.  Such  keys  may  be  recalled  at 
any  time.  No  person  to  whom  a  key  has  been  given  shall  lend  his  key  or  admit 
others  to  the  Library  with  it. 

CIRCULATION  OF  BOOKS  AMONG   PERSONS   NOT  MEMBERS   OF  THE  UNIVERSITY 

40.  On  recommendation  of  a  member  of  the  University,  and  payment  to  the 
Cashier's  OflBce  of  a  library  fee  of  $2 .  50  a  quarter  (or,  on  recommendation  of  a 
Dean  of  the  University  endorsed  by  the  Director  of  the  Libraries,  without  fee), 
residents  of  Chicago,  non-resident  or  visiting  scholars,  alumni,  non-resident 
and  former  students  of  the  University  receive  cards  entitUng  the  receiver  to  the 
privilege  of  drawing  books  from  the  General  Library  and  the  Library  of  the  School 
of  Education,  subject  to  the  rules  applicable  to  students  of  the  University. 
Persons  holding  such  cards  are  further  granted  the  privilege  of  using  the  Depart- 
mental Libraries  (subject  to  the  rules  of  those  Libraries)  by  authority  of  the 
Director,  or,  in  respect  to  a  given  Library,  by  the  Adviser  of  that  Library. 
Cards  issued  without  fee  expire  at  the  end  of  the  quarter,  but  are  subject  to 
renewal  by  the  Director. 

41.  To  scholars  visiting  Chicago  compUmentary  cards,  good  for  four  weeks, 
are  issued  at  the  discretion  of  the  Director. 

42.  The  School  of  Education  Library  issues  to  teachers  in  the  public  schools 
of  Chicago  compUmentary  cards,  giving  the  privilege  of  drawing  books  under  the 
general  rules  of  circulation. 


48  THE    UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO 

43.  The  University  Libraries  loan  books  to  other  libraries  so  far  as  the 
demand  of  the  University  community  makes  this  possible.  Application  must  be 
made  in  writing  addressed  to  the  Director  and  signed  by  the  Librarian,  or  other 
like  oflBcer,  of  the  Library  requesting  the  loan. 

44.  Persons  not  connected  with  the  University  occasionally  desiring  the 
privileges  of  drawing  books  from  the  Libraries  may 

a)  make  application  through  a  local  library,  said  library  assuming  full 
liability  for  any  loss  resulting  from  any  loan; 

6)  apply  through  an  officer  of  the  University,  said  officer  assuming  full 
liability  for  any  loss;  or 

c)  accompany  the  apphcation  with  a  deposit  of  twice  the  value  of  the  book 
or  books  desired. 

45.  Books  are  loaned-  to  other  libraries  and  to  persons  not  resident  at  the 
University  on  the  following  conditions: 

a)  Such  loans  must  be  authorized  by  the  department  or  Library  concerned 
through  the  Adviser  or  some  one  appointed  by  him. 

b)  Books  so  loaned  may  be  retained  for  a  period  indicated  by  the  Adviser, 
but  not  more  than  four  weeks;  except  that  students  temporarily  out  of 
residence  may  with  the  written  approval  of  the  Adviser  retain  books  so 
loaned  three  months.  Renewals  may  be  made  at  the  discretion  of  the 
Adviser;  but  only  in  exceptional  cases  is  a  loan  renewed  more  than  once, 
and  then  only  by  the  indorsement  of  the  Director. 

c)  The  borrower  pays  all  transportation  charges. 

d)  Books  are  forwarded  from  and  returned  to  the  Delivery  Room  of  the 
General  Library. 

RETUBN  AND  RECALL  OP  BOOKS 

46.  For  reasons  deemed  sufficient  by  the  Library  Adviser  of  the  Library 
to  which  the  book  belongs  or  by  the  Director,  any  book  may  be  recalled  at  any 
time,  and  in  such  cases  must  be  returned  at  once  on  receipt  of  notice. 

47.  The  Library  sends  a  notice  in  every  case  where  a  book  is  kept  more  than 
four  days  beyond  the  limit  specified  in  these  rules.  At  the  request  of  the  officer 
in  charge,  a  notice  is  sent  requiring  immediate  return  of  a  book  which  it  is  deemed 
necessary  to  recall.  These  notices  are  issued  for  the  General  Library  by  the 
officer  in  charge  of  circulation;  for  the  School  of  Education  by  its  Librarian; 
for  the  Law  School  by  its  Librarian;  for  other  Departmental  Libraries  by  the 
Head  of  the  Readers'  Department.  Extreme  cases  arising  in  any  Library  are 
reported  to  the  Head  of  the  Readers'  Department  for  further  action. 

48.  Any  book,  mutilated,  lost,  or  not  returned  within  a  reasonable  time  after 
notice  has  been  sent,  is  either  replaced  within  thirty  days  by  the  person  in  whose 
name  the  book  has  been  drawn,  or  said  person  pays  into  the  hands  of  the  Director 
twice  the  present  value  of  the  book,  as  estimated  by  the  Director. 


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V.    LIBRARY  HOURS  AND  PERIODS  OF  SERVICE 

49.  The  following  are  the  regulations  respecting  the  period  of  service  of  the 
staff: 

a)  A  week's  work  consists  of  forty  to  forty-two  hours  according  to  circum- 
stances.    Exceptions  are  made  by  special  contract. 

b)  A  member  of  the  staff  who  has  rendered  forty-eight  weeks  of  service  is 
entitled  to  four  weeks  of  vacation  on  full  pay;  but  pages  have  two  weeks  of 
vacation,  or  its  equivalent  in  half-day  service,  after  fifty  weeks'  service. 

c)  After  twenty-four  weeks  of  service,  vacation  is  credited  pro  rata.  No 
vacation  credit  is  given  for  less  than  twenty-four  weeks'  service,  and  vacation 
taken  by  a  person  leaving  the  service  of  the  Libraries  after  less  than  twenty-four 
weeks  is  treated  as  absence  without  pay.  Vacation  is  taken  within  the  term  of 
appointment. 

d)  Members  of  the  staff  serving  half-time  or  more,  namely,  twenty  or  more 
hours  a  week,  except  those  on  student  service  or  service  scholarship,  are  entitled 
to  vacation  under  this  rule  pro  rata. 

e)  Persons  serving  on  less  than  half-time,  and  persons  on  student  service  or 
service  scholarship,  are  paid  for  actual  service  rendered,  without  vacation  credit 
or  payment  for  hohdays  on  which  no  service  is  rendered. 

/)  Days  on  which  the  General  Library  is  closed  (see  50)  are  holidays  for  all 
members  of  the  staff.  On  other  University  hohdays  and  on  the  half-days  in  which 
Quarterly  Convocations  are  held  release  from  service  without  diminution  of  pay 
is  given  as  far  as  in  the  judgment  of  the  Director  the  interests  of  the  service 
permit;  but  no  extra  compensation  is  given  for  service  not  exceeding  full  time. 

g)  The  giving  of  a  holiday  on  the  Monday  following  a  regular  holiday  when 
the  latter  falls  on  Sunday  is  subject  to  the  general  ruling  of  the  University. 

h)  In  the  University  vacations,  at  the  end  of  December  and  March,  half- 
hohdays  without  diminution  of  pay  are  given  at  the  discretion  of  the  Director,  but 
no  extra  compensation  is  given  for  service  not  exceeding  full  time.^ 

50.  From  October  1  to  the  end  of  the  Summer  Quarter  the  Libraries  are  open 
from  8  A.M.  (or  15  minutes  before  the  first  regular  lecture  period)  to  10  p.m., 
except  on  Sundays,  December  25,  and  July  4.  In  the  University  vacations  in 
September,  December,  and  March  the  General  Library  is  open  from  9  a.m.  to 
6  P.M.  On  University  hohdays,  except  July  4  and  December  25,  the  reading-room 
of  the  General  Library  is  open  from  9  a.m.  to  6  p.m.  for  readers  only,  the  circulation 
and  other  departments  of  the  Library  being  closed ;  July  4  and  December  25, 
all  the  Libraries  are  closed  throughout  the  day.  The  departmental  hbraries  are 
as  a  rule  closed  on  the  University  hohdays,  on  the  half-days  in  which  Quarterly 
Convocations  are  held,  and  in  the  vacations  in  September,  December,  and  March. 
Readers  wishing  to  use  books  belonging  to  departmental  hbraries  at  times  when 
these  are  closed  and  the  General  Library  open  may  by  giving  notice  in  advance 
have  a  reasonable  number  of  such  books  transferred  to  the  reading-room  of  the 
General  Library  for  their  use.  Variations  from  the  general  schedule  are  made  by 
the  departments  concerned  in  consultation  with  the  Director. 

>  The  service  on  holidays  called  for  irnder  this  rule  will  not  usually  exceed  two  half- 
days  a  year  for  each  member  of  the  staff. 


50  THE    UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO 

VI.     FINES  AND  PENALTIES 

51.  On  books  of  class  D  (see  Rule  31)  a  fine  of  3  cents  a  day  is  charged  on 
each  volume  not  returned  according  to  the  terms  of  Rule  32  d).  When  a  book 
has  been  retained  beyond  the  prescribed  time  and  a  notice  of  the  fact  has  been 
disregarded,  a  messenger  is  sent  to  secure  the  book  and  an  additional  fine  of 
25  cents  is  charged. 

52.  On  books  of  class  C  fines  are  levied  according  to  the  following  schedule : 
For  the  first  hour  or  fraction  thereof  after  the  time  appointed  for  return,  15  cents 
(but  in  the  School  of  Education  5  cents);  for  each  hour  after  the  first,  5  cents; 
for  each  full  day,  50  cents. 

53.  On  books  of  class  B  and  on  books  drawn  under  Rule  37  a  fine  of  15 
cents  per  day  or  fraction  thereof  is  charged.  But  on  all  books  in  the  Law  School, 
the  fine  is  25  cents  for  the  first  hour,  and  15  cents  for  each  subsequent  hour  or 
fraction  thereof. 

54.  For  the  removal  of  a  book  from  any  Library  without  making  full  and 
proper  record  of  withdrawal  according  to  the  blanks  provided,  or  for  the  removal 
of  a  book  not  subject  to  loan  outside  the  room,  the  fine  is  25  cents  for  the  first, 
and  50  cents  for  each  subsequent,  violation  of  the  rule.  For  failure  to  return  to 
the  desk  a  book  drawn  and  charged  for  use  in  the  room,  the  fine  is  15  cents. 

55.  Students  refusing  or  neglecting  to  pay  fines  due 

a)  do  not  receive  credit  for  their  courses  until  the  fine  is  paid; 

6)  do  not  receive  honorable  dismissal  from  the  University; 

c)  forfeit  the  privilege  of  using  the  Libraries  until  the  fine  is  paid. 

56.  No  violation  of  the  regulations  of  the  Libraries  will  be  excused  on  the 
plea  of  ignorance. 

57.  Any  person  violating  these  regulations  may  at  the  discretion  of  the 
Director  be  excluded  from  the  privilege  of  using  any  or  all  of  the  Libraries  of  the 
University  for  a  period  not  exceeding  four  weeks.  Such  exclusion  may  be  made 
permanent  by  a  vote  of  the  Board  of  Libraries  with  the  approval  of  the  President. 


VII.     PUBLICATION  AND  AMENDMENT  OF  RULES 

58.  These  rules  are  printed  and  a  copy  is  sent  to  each  member  of  the  Faculty. 
A  copy  is  placed  in  a  conspicuous  position  in  every  Library  of  the  University. 
Printed  cards  containing  the  rules  in  regard  to  the  conditions  under  which  books 
may  be  withdrawn  from  the  Libraries  are  on  distribution  at  the  attendants'  desks. 

59.  Each  member  of  the  library  staff  is  provided  with  a  copy  of  these  rules 
and  is  held  responsible  for  acquaintance  with  them  and  conformity  to  them. 

60.  These  rules  may  be  amended  by  the  Board  of  Libraries,  subject  to  the 
approval  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  in  matters  involving  finances  or  general  policy. 
All  modifications  of  the  rules  are  at  once  reported  to  the  Board  of  Trustees.  In 
the  intervals  between  the  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Libraries  the  Director  may 
order  necessary  temporary  modifications  of  the  rules. 


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PART  V 

ALPHABETICAL  LIST  OF  STAFF  WITH  LOCATION 

Abbott,  Ruth Emmons  Blaine  Hall — Room  200 

Ashmore,  Edith Harper  Memorial  Library — Room  M  .21 

Barrett,  Storrs  Barrows Yerkes  Observatory,  Williams  Bay,  Wis. 

Burton,  Ernest  DeWitt Harper  Memorial  Library — Room  M  .27 

Dickinson,  Emma  Louise Biological  Library 

Dickinson,  Julia  Louise Harper  Memorial  Library — Room  W.21 

Gettys,  Cora  Margaret "  "  "  "      M .  30 

Geyso,  Flora  Helen  von "  "  "  "      W.21 

Giffin,  Beulah  Emma "  "  "  "      M.21 

Hanson,  James  Christian  Meinich. .  .      "  "  "  "      M.25 

Hardinge,  Margaret  Anne "  "  "  "W.21 

Harris,  Rachel  Agnes "  "  "  "      W.21 

Hogan,  Percy  Anderson Law  School — Reading-Room 

Hoyt,  Mary  Louise Harper  Memorial  Library — Room  M  .21 

Hygen,  Dorthea  Helene "  "  "  "      M.21 

Jacobsen,  Karl  Theodor "  "  "  "      M.22 

Lagergren,  Anna  Constance "  "  "  "W.21 

Lamb,  Eliza "  "  "  "      M.21 

Lauren,  Anna  EmiUa "  "  "  "      M  .21 

Lawrence,  Edith  Clare "  "  "  "      M .  21 

Lawrence,  Harriet  Winifred "  "  "  "      M.21 

Little,  Clara  Louise Cobb  Hall — Classical  Library 

MacGregor,  Margaret Harper  Memorial  Library — Room  M.21 

Manchester,  Earl  Northup "  "  "  "      M .  24 

Mills,  Sarah  Ellen Law  School — Periodical  Room 

Mitchell,  Sarah  Louise Emmons  Blaine  Hall — Room  117 

Morgan,  Ruth  Edna Harper  Memorial  Library — Room  M.21 

Nachman,  Selma "  "  "  "      M  .21 

Nichols,  Floy  Evelyn "  "  "  "      M  .23 

Noe,  Adolf  Carl  von "  "  "  "      M.22 

O'Brien,  Myra  Belle "  "  "  "       E.31 

Park,  Marie "  "  "  "      W.20 

Patterson,  Sarah  Luella "  "  "  "      W.21 

Perrine,  Cora  Belle "  "  "  "      W.21 

Perry,  Claire  Minne "  "  "  "      M.21 

Potter,  Alice  EUzabeth "  "  "  "      M .  21 

Price,  Miles  Oscar " 

Robertson,  Josephine  Chester "  "  "  "      M.21 

Roe,  Clara  Strong "  "  "  "      W.31 

Runyan,  Walter  Leroy Haskell  Oriental  Museum — Room  34 


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THE    UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO 


Satterthwait,  Ella Harper  Memorial  Library — Room 

Schenk,  Frederick  William Law  School  Building — Room  K 

Shedd,  Mrs.  Jessie  Thomas Harper  Memorial  Library — Room 

Taggart,  Helen  Elizabeth " 

Teisberg,  Halvor  O " 

Thompson,  Helen  Bowman " 

Titsworth,  Helen  Anna " 

Torrey,  Clarence  Almon " 

Tyler,  Alice  Nichols " 

Warren,  Irene Emmons  Blaine  Hall — Room  201 

Winne,  Winifred  Kimball Walker  Museum,  2d  floor 

Wood,  Alice  Amelia Harper  Memorial  Library — Room 

This  list  does  not  include  student  assistants,  apprentices,  or  pages. 


M.21 

M.23 
M.24 

W.20 
M.22 
M.24 
M.22 


M.21 


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53 


INDEX 


Accession  number,  20 
Acquisition  Department,  4,  42 

Harper  Memorial  Library,  W.21 
Acquisition  of  books,  42-43 
Administration  of  the  Libraries,  41-42 
Advanced  students.  Privileges  of,  44,  46 
Alxmini,  Privileges  of,  44,  46,  47 
Anthropology  Library,  42 

Harper  Memorial  Library 
Appointments,  41 
Architecture,  8 
Arrangement  of  books,  21-30 
— Of  entries,  31-33 
Associate  Director  of  the  Libraries,  1,2,41 

Harper  Memorial  Library,  M .  25 
Astronomy  Library,    16,  42 

Yerkes    Observatory,    Williams    Bay, 
Wis. 
Atlases,  37 

Auction  catalogues,  36 
Bemays  collection,  38 
Bibliographies,  National,  36 
—Subject,  36 
— Trade,  36 
Binding  of  books,  43 
Biographies,  National,  36 
Biological  Group  Library,  42 

Zoology  Building,  1st  floor 
Board  of  Libraries,  41,  50 
Boeckh  collection,  30 
Books,  Acquisition  of,  42-43 
— Arrangement  of,  21-30 
— Binding  of,  43 

— Drawn  on  Faculty  order,  46-47 
— How  to  call  for,  17-21 
— In  laboratories,  47 
— Loan  of.     See  Circulation 
— Marking  of,  48 
— Mutilation  of,  44,  48 
— New,  36 
— Orders  for,  42-43 
— Overdue,  20,  48 
— Overnight,  20-21,  45 
— Purchase  of,  42-43 
—Recall  of,  45,  46,  48 
— Renewal  of,  19-20,  45,  46,  47,  48 
— Reserved,  19-21,  45,  50 
—Return  of,  19-20,  44,  45,  46,  48 
— Transfer  of,  43 
— Uncatalogued,  30 
— Use  of,  16-21,  44 
Botany  Library,  42 

Zoology  Building,  1st  floor 
Butler-Gunsaulus  collection,  38 

Harper  Memorial  Library,  E.  30 
Call  munbers,  17-18,  21 
Capacity  of  Harper  Memorial  Library,  15 


Cards,  Complimentary.  47 

Catalogue,  Classed,  31 

— Depository,  34 

— Dictionary,  31-33 

— Official,  34 

— Of  reference  books,  34 

— Order,  34 

— Subject,  31-34 

Catalogues,  31-35 

— Auction,  36 

— Of  Departmental  Libraries,  35 

— Sales,  36 

Cataloguing  Department,  42 

Harper  Memorial  Library,  M.21 
Chemistry  Library,  42 

Kent  Chemical  Laboratory,  2d  floor 
Circulating  libraries,  44-48 
Circulation,  44-48 
Classed  Catalogue,  31 
Classical  Group  Library,  42 

Cobb  Half;  2d  floor 
Classification,  21-31 
— Decimal,  30 
— Historical  Group,  30 
— Library  of  Congress,  21-30 
— Modem  Languages,  30 
— Numbers,  17-18,  21 
— Philosophy,  30 
Coats-of-Arms,  8-10 
College  catalogues,  30 
Commerce  and  Administration  Library,  42 

Harper  Memorial  Library 
Complimentary  cards,  47 
Debaters,  Aids  for,  36 
Decimal  classification,  30 
Departmental  Libraries,  Catalogues  of,  35 
— Circulation  of  books  in,  20,  44-47 
— Location  of,  16-17 
— Organization  of,  3,  4,  41-42,  44 
Depository  Catalogue,  34 
Devices,  10-11 
Dictionaries,  44,  45 
Dictionary  Catalogue,  31-33 
— Arrangement  of  entries  in,  31-33 
Director,  Associate,  3,  4,  41 

Harper  Memorial  Library,  M .  25 
Director  of  the  Libraries,  4,  41 

Harper  Memorial  Library,  M .  27 
Directory  of  Libraries,  16-17 
Dissertations,  38 
Divinity  School  Group  Library,  5,  20,  42 

Haskell  Oriental  Museum,  3d  floor 
Donations,  43 
Durrett  collection,  39 

Harper  Memorial  Library 
Education  Library,  20,  42,  47 

Emmons  Blaine  Hall,  2d  floor 


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Employees  of  the  University,  Privileges  of, 

44 
Encyclopedias,  35,  44,  45 
Exchanges,  43 

Faculty  members.  Privileges  of,  46 
Faculty  order.  Books  drawn  on,  46-47 
Fee,  47 

Fellows,  Privileges  of,  46 
Fines,  1&-20,  50 
Floor  plans,  12-14 

General  Library,  Organization  of,  3,  41,  44 
Geography  Library,  42 

Walker  Museimi,  2d  and  3d  floors 
Geology,    Geography,    and    Paleontology 
Library,  42 

Walker  Museiun,  2d  and  3d  floors 
Gifts,  43 

Government  Publications,  30,  35 
Graduate  students.  Privileges  of,  44, 46,  47 
Gunsaulus-Butler  collection,  38 

Harper  Memorial  Library,  E .  30 
Harper  Memorial  Library,  7-16 
— Capacity  of,  15 
Haskell  Oriental  Museum,  5,  20 
Hirsch-Bemays  collection,  38 

Harper  Memorial  Library,  W .  42 
Historical  Group,  classification,  30 
Historical  Group  Library,  7,  20,  42 

Harper  Memorial  Library,  E.31 
Historical  Reference  books,  36 
Historical  Museum,  38 
Historical  statement  concerning  Libraries, 

4-6 
Hitchcock  Library,  5 

Hitchcock  Hall,  1st  floor, 
Hodge,  Emma  B.,  38 
Holidays,  49 
Hours  of  Service,  49 
Hours  at  which  Libraries  are  open,  16-17. 

49 
House  Libraries,  Organization  of,  4 
Household  Administration  Library,  42 

Harper  Memorial  Library 
How  to  call  for  books,  17-21 
Howard  collection,  31 
Indexes,  35 
Inscriptions,  8-11 
Inter-library  loans,  48 
Japanese  sword  guards,  38 
Keys,  47 

Laboratories,  Books  in,  47 
Lane  collection,  31,  38 

Harper  Memorial  Library,  W.62 

Law  Library,  20,  42 

Law  Building,  3d  floor 

Leave  of  absence,  49 
Libraries,  Board  of,  41,  50 
— Director  of  the,  4,  41-42 

Harper  Memorial  Library,  M.27 
— Organization  of  the,  3,  41-42 
Library  access,  44 
— Advisers,  41 
— Fee,  47 
—Hours.  16-17,:49 


Library  of  Congress  classification,  21-30 

Library  Privileges,  44,  46—47 

— Exclusion  from,  50 

List  of  staff,  51 

Loan  of  books.     See  Circulation 

Loans,  Inter-library,  48 

Manuscript  Room,  38 

Harper  Memorial  Library,  E.  30 

Maps,  37 

Marking  of  books,  48 
Mathematics  and  Astronomy  Library,  42 
Ryerson    Physical    Laboratorj-,    4th 
floor 

Modern  Language  Group,  classification,  30 
Modern  Language  Groiip  Library,  7,  20,  42 
Harper  ISIemorial  Library,  W.41  and 
42 

Modern  Language  Reference  books,  36 
Mutilation  of  books,  44,  48 
Napoleana,  38 

Harper  Memorial  Library,  E .  32 

National  bibliographies,  36 

National  biographies,  36 

New  books,  36 

Newspapers,  30,  39 

Official  Catalogue,  34 

Official  Yearbooks,  36 

Open  shelves,  35-36 

Order  Catalogue,  34 

Orders  for  books,  42-43 

Organization  of  the  Libraries,  3,  41-42 

Overdue  books,  20,  48 

Overnight  books,  20-21,  45 

Pages,  Vacations  of,  49 

Paleontology  Library,  42 

Walker  Musexun,  2d  and  3d  floors 

Penalties,  48,  50 
Periodical  Room,  37 

Law  Library,  2d  floor,  south  end 
Periodical  record,  34 
Periodicals,  Circulation  of,  44 
— Uncatalogued,  30 
Periods  of  service,  49 
Phelps,  Erskine  M.,  collection,  38 

Harper  Memorial  Library,  E .  32 

Philosophy  classification,  30 
Philosophy  Library,  7,  20,  42 

Harper  Memorial  Library,  W.51  and 
53 

Physical  Culture  Library,  42 

Harper  Memorial  Library 
Physics  Library,  42 

Ryerson     Physical     Laboratory,     2d 
floor 
Physiology  Library,  42 

Zoology  Building,  1st  floor 

Plans,  12-14 

Political  Economy  Library,  42 

Harper  Memorial  Library,  E.31 

Political  Science  Library,  42 

Harper  Memorial  Library,  E.31 

Printers'  devices,  10-11 

Privileges  of  Advanced  Students,  44,  46 

—Of  Alumni,  44,  46 


THE    LIBRARIES 


55 


Privileges  of  Facility  members,  46 

— Of  Fellows,  46 

— Of  Readers,  47 

—Of  Trustees,  44,  45,  46 

Psychology  Library,  42 

Psychological  Laboratory,  2d  floor 
Public  Speaking  Library,  42 

Kent  Chemical  Laboratory,  1st  floor 
Pxirchase  of  books,  42-43 

Rare  Book  Room,  37 

Harper  Memorial  Library,  M .  22 

Readers'  Department,  4,  42 

Readers,  Privileges  of,  47 

Recall  of  books,  45.  46,  48 

Reference  books,  35-36 

— Catalogue  of,  34 

— For  debaters,  36 

— Rules  governing  circulation  of,  44,  45 

Regulations,  41-51 

Reserved  books,  19-21,  45,  50 

Return  of  books,  19-20,  44,  45,  46,  47,  48 

Rooms,  List  of,  12-14 

Rules,  41-51 

— Publication  of,  50 

Sales  catalogues,  36 

School  of  Education  Library,  20.  42,  47 

Emmons  Blaine  Hall,  2d  floor 
Serial  record,  34 


Service,  Periods  of,  49 
— Scholarships,  49 
Shelf  List,  31 
Shields.  8-11 
Sociology  Library.  42 

Harper  Memorial  Library,  E.31 
Staff,  List  of,  51 
Student  service,  49 

Students,  Advanced,  Privileges  of,  44,  46 
Subject  bibliographies,  36 
— Catalogue,  31-34 
Theses.  38 

Trade  bibliographies,  36 
Transfer  of  books,  43 
Trustees.  Use  of  Library  by,  44-45,  46 
Uncatalogued  books,  30 

United    States   government    publications, 
30,  35 

University  catalogues.  30 
— Employees.  Privileges  of,  44 
— Holidays,  49 
—Shields,  8-11 
Use  of  books,  44 
Vacations,  49 
Visiting  scholars.  47 
Yearbooks.  Official.  36 
Zoology  Library,  42 

Zoology  Building,  1st  floor 


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